3D searching

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11401

A virtual screening method that processes a chemical database to discover those compounds that match a query that either contains a 3D pharmacophore, a molecular shape or field, the 3D structure, or a combination of these.

Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 239. (Glossary of terms used in computational drug design, part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 240 [Terms] [Paper]