synset

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of synonym set, coined in the context of the WordNet project. === Noun === synset (plural synsets) (information science) A set of one or more synonyms that are interchangeable in some context without changing the truth value of the proposition in which they are embedded. Synonym: synonym ring 1993, D. K. Harman, First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings[1]: The basic object in WordNet is a set of strict synonyms, called a synset. By definition, each synset a word appears in is a different sense of that word. 1994, Donna K. Harman, The Second Text Retrieval Conference (TREC-2): In some cases a synset that appears to be a logical choice for a query is nonetheless detrimental. 1998, Christiane Fellbaum, WordNet: An Electronic Lexical Database: A synset is essentially what Sparck Jones (1964, 1986) calls a "run," which is the basic element in her theory of semantic classification. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “synset”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. "synset" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. === Anagrams === seynts