the retrieval of cargo from the sunken ship
text retrieval
beyond/past retrieval
— impossible to put back into a normal or satisfactory conditionThe whole situation was beyond retrieval, so I just left.
English dictionary. 2014.
Retrieval — could refer to: * Information Retrieval * Text retrieval * Image retrieval * Document retrieval * Music information retrieval * Medical retrieval * In psychology, retrieval refers to the process of recalling information that is stored in memory … Wikipedia
Retrieval — (engl. für Wiederfinden, Abholen) wird im Allgemeinen im Kontext von Datenbank oder Informationssystemabfragen verwendet und kann im Speziellen stehen für: Information Retrieval Erweitertes Boolesches Retrieval Fuzzy Retrieval Library Computer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Retrieval — Re*triev al, n. The act retrieving. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
retrieval — index compensation, out of pocket, recovery (repossession), redemption, replevin, restitution, salvage … Law dictionary
retrieval — (n.) 1640s; see RETRIEVE (Cf. retrieve) + AL (Cf. al) (2) … Etymology dictionary
retrieval — [ri trē′vəl] n. 1. the act or process of retrieving 2. possibility of recovery or restoration … English World dictionary
retrieval — retrieve re‧trieve [rɪˈtriːv] verb [transitive] 1. COMPUTING to get back information that has been stored in a computer: • The application stores and retrieves data according to the user s requirements. • To retrieve … Financial and business terms
retrieval — re|triev|al [ rı trivl ] noun uncount 1. ) the process of getting something back that was lost or not in its usual place: the retrieval of cargo from the sunken ship 2. ) COMPUTING the process of getting back information stored inside a computer… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Retrieval — Suche; Recherche; Ermittlung; Nachforschung * * * Re|t|rie|val [rɪ tri:vl̩ ], das; s, s <Pl. selten> [engl. retrieval, zu: retrieve = zurück , herausholen] (EDV): Kurzf. von ↑ Information Retrieval. * * * Retrieval [rɪ triːvəl, englisch] … Universal-Lexikon
retrieval — [[t]rɪtri͟ːv(ə)l[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT The retrieval of information from a computer is the process of getting it back. ...electronic storage and retrieval systems. 2) N UNCOUNT The retrieval of something is the process of getting it back from a… … English dictionary
retrieval — noun (U) 1 technical the process of getting back information from a computer system: information retrieval | a retrieval system 2 (U) the act of getting back something you have lost or left somewhere 3 be beyond/past retrieval if a situation is… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
