| wordnet | |
noun | |
| 1. | any of the machine-readable lexical databases modeled after the Princeton WordNet |
| 2. | a machine-readable lexical database organized by meanings; developed at Princeton University |
WordNet human language
A large lexical database of English, developed under the direction of George A. Miller. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms ("synsets"), each expressing a distinct concept. Synsets are interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations. The resulting network of words and concepts can be navigated with the browser. WordNet is freely available for download. WordNet's structure makes it a useful tool for computational linguistics and natural language processing.
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(2007-04-20)