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Keywords:
Vocabulary,
Thesauri,
Descriptor,
Roget,
Antonyms
Catalog of terms and its definitions, variations, relationships of equivalence, hierarchical and associative, as well its usage. Singular, Plural, Typographic, Lexical, Syntatical, Synonymous, Quasi-Synonymous, Antonymous, Broad Term, Narrow Term, etc.
A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.
A work that lists terms, giving synonyms and/or antonyms for each. In database searching, it provides a standardized, controlled vocabulary for searching and organizing the database.
A controlled list of vocabulary terms which an author selects from to create a value within an element record.
Greek for "storehouse". A reference book that serves as a kind of reverse dictionary - you start with an idea or concept you want to express, and then find a word to describe it. A set of subject headings used in some research databases. The plural of thesaurus is thesauri.
A device for vocabulary control, usually for a specific subject area, indicating preferred terms, non-preferred terms, and semantic relations between terms; the terms are in ordinary human language.
a list of subject terms showing the relationships among the terms (similar, related, narrower, broader). A scope note may be included to explain the term. Many electronic indexes (e.g., PsycINFO) have an online thesaurus.
A controlled vocabulary of terms or concepts that are structured hierarchically (parent/child relationships) or as equivalences (synonyms), and related terms (associative). See also Subject headings and glossary.
A book of words grouped on the basis of their meanings.
1. A lexicon, more especially where words are grouped by ideas. 2. A grouping or classification of synonyms or near synonyms. 3. A list of descriptors.
a systematically compiled list of terms. MeSH is the thesaurus for Medline. Synonym of controlled vocabulary.
a book that gives synonyms for words
an organization of terms that groups them based on meaning. Roget's Thesaurus was the first human-developed work. Many controlled vocabularies are organized according to a thesaurus. There may be loose grouping of related terms, as from clustering, or a complete hierarchical organization, from high level concepts, down a taxonomic chain, ultimately to words. Various relationships may be represented, including: broader, narrower, see also, subordinate, superordinate, and synonym.
A reference book of synonyms.
a list of words arranged according to meaning, rather than alphabetically as in a standard dictionary.
a reference book that provides synonyms and antonyms, as well as broader and narrower terms for vocabulary.
A device for vocabulary control, usually for a specific subject area, indicating preferred term non-preferred term s, and semantic relation s between terms; the terms are in ordinary human language.
A grouping or classification or synonyms or a list of descriptors. Often publishers of periodical indexes/abstracts or computerised databases produce a thesaurus or list of preferred or "controlled" subject headings.
Guide to use of terms, showing relationships between them, for the purpose of providing standardized, controlled vocabulary for information storage and retrieval
A lexicon of synonyms or near synonyms, often grouped by ideas. Thesauri of commonly used terms in various fields are often intended to function as terminological control devices for indexing in that field.
A list of all the subject headings or descriptors used in a particular database, catalog, or index. The thesaurus for the BMCC Library Catalog is called Library of Congress Subject Headings.
a book containing a classified list of synonyms
a book containing synonyms in a given language it provides similarity links when trying to retrieve articles or stories about a particular topic
a classified list of terms and concepts, such as a specialised vocabulary of a particular field, as of education, medicine or music
a collection of relevant terms ordered in a hierarchy of superordinate and subordinate concepts and homonyms
a collection of synonyms, antonyms, and other related words
a collection of Synonyms used in the English language
a collection of synonyms, words with similar--but not identical --meanings
a collection of terms referring to specific concepts, together with variants and conceptual relationships between terms
a collection of terms that are related in some way to various words found in a particular field of all the documents in the database
a compilation of subject headings or descriptors used in a particular database, catalog or index, with related synonyms and/or antonyms for each term
a compilation of words and phrases showing synonymous, hierarchical and other relationships
a cross-referencing of different words that have related, similar, or identical meanings
a dictionary of antonyms and synonyms--words which have either similar or opposite denotations (more or less the basic concept or meaning), with an eye towards the varying connotations (or subtle differences of meaning)
a dictionary- of sorts
a dictionary of synonyms and homonyms (for which see above)
a dictionary that gives synonyms
a dictionary which organises words according to their meanings
a dynamic tool, which can be developed by the addition, amendment and deletion of terms, relationships or hierarchies as dictated by the needs of the user community
a great tool for expanding vocabulary
a great tool to find just the right word
a grouping of related idea and words which can be used instead of other words in certain contexts
a hierarchical compilation of alphabetically arranged concepts from the literature
a hierarchical compilation of concepts from the literature, standardized and structured to facilitate searching by bringing together synonyms and form variations found in the database documents
a hierarchical list of terms, which may be inter-related and often have explanatory notes called Scope Notes
a hierarchically arranged term list, which for a given term provides narrower and broader terms and often also related terms
a huge list of interlinked terms
a listing of terms arranged by possible relationship
a list of concepts in a particular domain of knowledge together with explicit relationships
a list of controlled terms that is structured though relationships between terms
a list of predetermined words and phrases that describe the subject matter of a database
a list of subject terms in a specific area of knowledge, intended to be used in the indexing and retrieval of information
a list of terms that describe objects or concepts that are sorted into a hierarchical order establishing relationships between the terms
a list of terms used for a certain domain, should be complete for every domain and should contain a list of synonyms for each term
a list of words with similar meanings (synonyms) and words with opposite meanings (antonyms)
an alphabetical list ofwords, similar to a dictionary
an information retrieval tool that excels at making connections between concepts
an organized group of terms or concepts having a structure described by a set of properties and a set of hierarchical or associative, lexical or semantic relations
a reference listing words to use in place of other words
a resource similar to a dictionary that helps writers to identify synonyms
a restricted and controlled list of subject terms (descriptors) organised in a hierarchical structure
a set of related terms describing a set of documents
a set of terms and a set of standardized, reciprocal relations on those terms
a simple mapping from terms to synonyms
a sophisticated list of index terms
a storehouse of knowledge, e
a tool for vocabulary control
a treasury of every imaginable word, ready for our using
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