"wordnet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wordnets [plural]
Etymology: From word + net. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|word|net}} word + net Head templates: {{en-noun}} wordnet (plural wordnets)
  1. (artificial intelligence, linguistics) A semantically structured lexical database. Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence, Linguistics Related terms: WordNet

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003, Cvetana Krstev, \"Corpora Issues in Validation of Serbian Wordnet\", in Václav Matoušek, Pavel Mautner, eds., Text, Speech and Dialogue: 6th International Conference, TSD 2003, České, page 133",
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