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NOTE: Using MediaWiki Definition Lists. Terms should be arranged alphabetically within Topic Categories, which are themselves organized alphabetically.
Lexicographic Terminology
- antonym
- Definition: A word with the exact opposite meaning of another word.
- Example: "high" vs "low"
- headword
- Definition: The word under which a set of related dictionary definitions will be listed.
- Example: car
- hypernym or hyperonym
- Definition: A generic word that stands for a class or group of equally-ranked items.
- Example: motor vehicle, automotive vehicle
- hyponym
- Definition: An item that belongs to and is equally-ranked in a generic class or group.
- Example: ambulance, bus, man
- lexicography
- Definition: The science or practice of compiling dictionaries, based on a study of the form, meaning, and behavior of the words in a given language.
- Example: None.
- meronym
- Definition: A word that names a part that belongs to and is therefore subordinate to a larger entity.
- Example: (i) air bag, car mirror, car seat; (ii) X is a meronym of Y if X is a part of Y
- synonym
- Definition: A word which is equivalent in meaning or nearly so to another word.
- Example: auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
Wiki Terminology
- discussion page
- Definition: A type of wiki page, commonly referred to as a "Talk" page. Each Talk page is paired with an Article page of the same name, with the only exception being that the Article page resides in the "Main" namespace, and the Talk/Discussion page resides in the "Talk" namespace. These pages are intended for bi-directional collaboration amongst wiki users, with the convention being that information conveyed on a Talk or Discussion page is confined to the topical area of the associated Article page.
- wiki
- Definition: A Wiki is a type of website that allows visitors to add, remove, and sometimes edit the available content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring.
- Example: MediaWiki is the most successful wiki program on the web today, used by some of the largest Internet collaborative web sites, such as Wikipedia .