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Princeton's WordNet

  1. troponymynoun

    the semantic relation of being a manner of does something

  2. troponymy, troponomynoun

    the place names of a region or a language considered collectively

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  1. troponymynoun

    The semantic relation between troponyms.

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  1. Troponymy

    In linguistics, troponymy is the presence of a 'manner' relation between two lexemes. The concept was originally proposed by Christiane Fellbaum and George Miller. Some examples they gave are "to nibble is to eat in a certain manner, and to gorge is to eat in a different manner. Similarly, to traipse or to mince is to walk in some manner".Troponymy is one of the possible relations between verbs in the semantic network of the WordNet database.

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  1. troponymy

    Troponymy is a lexical or semantic relationship between words, where the meaning of a specific word is included in the meaning of a more general word, often indicating a manner or direction in addition to the more general term. It is a subtype of hyponymy and a converse of hypernymy. For example, "to limber" is a troponym of "to move", as it entails moving in a specific manner.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of troponymy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of troponymy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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