Terms used
- Gloss
- A definition of a word in WordNet.
- Root node
- A virtual node connecting all the hierarchies together. The
nouns and verbs in WordNet are arranged in hierarchies. There are
nine noun hierarchies and several hundred verb hierarchies. By
turning this option on, one unique root node joins all the noun
hierarchies together, and another node joins all the verb
hierarchies together.
- Synset
- Short for synonym set. A non-empty set of synonyms.
E.g., {dog#n#1, domestic_dog#n#1, canis_familiaris#n#1}