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synonym ring

synonym ring noun: synonym of synset.

Noun

synonym ring (plural synonym rings)

  1. Synonym of synset.
    • A synonym ring is a set of words or phrases (which are regarded as synonymous). A thesaurus is a set of trees whose nodes are synonym rings.1982, F. N. Teskey, Principles of Text Processing
    • Each term in a synonym ring is equally likely to occur in any relevant article and so it is necessary to search for them all rather than one preferred term.1985, Library Science with a Slant to Documentation
    Synonyms:
    synset

Synonyms of synonym ring

Forms of synonym ring

pluralsynonym rings

Questions about synonym ring

What does synonym ring mean?
Synonym ring means synonym of synset.
What part of speech is synonym ring?
Synonym ring is a noun.
What is the plural of synonym ring?
The plural of synonym ring is synonym rings.

Words near synonym ring in the dictionary

  1. synonime
  2. synonimes
  3. synonimising
  4. synonimously
  5. synonym
  6. synonym ring
  7. synonym rings
  8. synonyma
  9. synonymal
  10. synonymatic
  11. synonyme

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