Visuwords – Online Graphical Dictionary

by Neal Levene on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 · 0 comments

in Natural Language, Visualization

Visuwords™ uses Princeton University’s WordNet, an open source database. You can enter a word and the application builds a node tree showing word relationships. When you mouse over nodes, definitions appear. Clicking on nodes expands connections around the clicked term.

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The interface is great. The resource is free. The source is available for download at the site.

The tool provides a visual representation of the English language.

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  • Natural Language - Natural language processing (NLP) is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages.
  • Visualization - Visualization is any technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to communicate a message.

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