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) | 1. | Linguistics.
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| 2. | Also called significs. the branch of semiotics dealing with the relations between signs and what they denote. |
| 3. | the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc.: Let's not argue about semantics. |
| 4. | general semantics. |
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semantics
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| semantics | |
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| 1. | the study of language meaning |
| 2. | the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text; "a petty argument about semantics" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
semantics
The scientific or philosophical study of the relations of words and their meanings.
Note: Semantics is commonly used to refer to a trivial point or distinction that revolves around mere words rather than significant issues: “To argue whether the medication killed the patient or contributed to her death is to argue over semantics.”
[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
semantics theory
The meaning of a string in some language, as opposed to syntax which describes how symbols may be combined independent of their meaning.
The semantics of a programming language is a function from programs to answers. A program is a closed term and, in practical languages, an answer is a member of the syntactic category of values. The two main kinds are denotational semantics and operational semantics.
(1995-06-21)
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