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synset (複数形 synsets)

1. (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.

   • 2019, Dipanjan Sarkar, Text Analytics with Python […] , Apress, →ISBN, page 522:

     In general, based on concepts from NLP and information retrieval, synsets are defined as a collection of data entities that are considered semantically similar.

Further reading

• synset at OneLook Dictionary Search
• "synset" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.

アナグラム

• seynts