The phrase "a generic descriptor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a term or phrase that describes a category or type in a broad or non-specific way.
Example: "In the context of marketing, 'eco-friendly' serves as a generic descriptor for products that are environmentally sustainable."
Alternatives: "a broad label" or "a general term".
Furthermore, due to the difficulty of performing a generic descriptor, three different descriptors related systems are designed and combined through an effective combination scheme based on Choquet fuzzy integral operator.
On the other hand, while certainly humorous, no one was going to confuse a product from the tech category with a generic descriptor for feminine hygiene products relegated to a very specific aisle at the supermarket or drug store.
In class I, dedicated dehydratase (LanB) and cyclase (LanC) enzymes are responsible for the dehydration and cyclization (the term Lan is used as a generic descriptor of proteins involved in lantipeptide biosynthesis).
Such a set of chemicals is grouped under an alphabetized vitamin "generic descriptor" title, such as "vitamin A", which includes the compounds retinal, retinol, and four known carotenoids.
The generic descriptor PxAP with a number is used to simplify the description of any one sub-group of AP polypeptides from all three species.
In this paper, a generic texture descriptor, namely, Statistical Analysis of Structural Information (SASI) is introduced as a representation of texture.
The last of the five most used and generic descriptor is MW.
Shifting Labels Re "Lost in the Shorthand" (March 14): I agree that turning generic descriptors such as moderate, liberal and conservative into nouns is lazy and often an error.
Also be sure to include industry and product names and categories in place of generic descriptors such as, "the product," "the solution," and "the company," throughout the release, without ruining the flow.
The generic descriptors PxAP1-12 are used to denote the respective encoded polypeptides.
To protect the confidentiality of the participants, the study team marked data with codes and replaced identifiable information with generic descriptors.
