A knowledge base about some subset of words in the vocabulary of a natural language One component of a lexicon is a terminological ontology whose concept types represent the word senses in the lexicon The lexicon may also contain additional information about the syntax, spelling, pronunciation, and usage of the words Besides conventional dictionaries, lexicons include large collections of words and word senses, such as WordNet from Princeton University and EDR from the Japan Electronic Dictionary Research Institute, Ltd Other examples include classification schemes, such as the Library of Congress subject headings or the Medical Subject Headers (MeSH)
A compilation of words and their meanings in a book (dictionary) or stored in a person's memory (vocabulary) We each have our own personal lexicon or mental dictionary
The lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. the lexicon of management Chocolate equals sin in most people's lexicon
Set of words and bound morphemes in a language A literate speaker understands the phonological, orthographic, and semantic shape (pronunciation, spelling, meaning) of these items and also their morphological and grammatical characteristics During Middle English, the lexicon changes with the addition of many words from French, Old Norse, and Latin
a dictionary explaining the meaning of ancient Hebrew or Greek words, and usually also providing some references for where and how they are used in ancient literature
A compilation of words and their meanings in a book (dictionary) or stored in a person's memory (vocabulary) We each have our own personal lexicon, or mental dictionary
A list of terms that define the contents of a database Library - A large collection of peptides, cDNAs or genes Linkage - The tendency for certain genes to be inherited together because of their location on the same chromosome Linkage map - A genetic map of chromosomes or genomes delineated by mapping the positions of genes in relation to their chromosomes by their linkage to readily identifiable genetic loci Locus - The specific position occupied by a gene on a chromosome At a locus, any one of the variant forms or alleles of a gene may be present
A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language
The LexiCon is a set of programs coupled with it's own meta-model which is built by the Dutch company STABU in order to create a information system covering the entire building process