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Home/Glossary/Semantic Search
AI Glossary Term

What does “Semantic Search” mean?

Definition

Search that matches meaning rather than exact keyword overlap, often using embeddings.

Related terms

Hybrid Search
A retrieval approach that combines keyword (lexical) search with vector (semantic) search for better recall and precision.
AI Agent
A software system that can observe, reason, and take actions to achieve a goal, often using tools and memory.
Embedding
A numeric vector representation that captures semantic meaning of text, images, or other data.
Causal Inference
Methods for estimating cause-and-effect relationships rather than simple correlations.
Embedding Model
A model specialized for converting data into vectors used for semantic search, clustering, and retrieval.
On-Device AI
AI inference performed locally on user hardware rather than in a remote cloud service.

Learn more in our free guides

AI SearchMultimodal SearchAI Research AssistantsGuided Beam Search with Constraints

See also

Scaling LawSelf-Supervised LearningSafety FilterSentiment AnalysisRobustnessSmall Language Model (SLM)Reward ModelSparse Model
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