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Dense retrieval

Also called dense search

What does “Dense retrieval” mean?

Dense retrieval: Finding documents by comparing dense numerical embeddings of queries and documents.

Dense retrieval visual guide: Finding documents by comparing dense numerical embeddings of queries and documents.
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What is an example of “Dense retrieval”?

A semantic retriever can find instructions that use synonyms instead of the query's exact words.

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See also

Vector indexTermApproximate nearest neighborsTermEmbeddingsTermDot product similarityTermEuclidean distanceTerm

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