06303315-n 'a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate';
Definitions
- English
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a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate
― Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym
- Japanese
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既存の語が不十分になったので、紹介された語
― デジタル時計が一般的になるまでは、アナログ時計と耳にするものはいなかった。なので、'アナログ時計'はレトロニムだ
Relations
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External Links
SUMO:
⊂ Word
TempoWN:
◁
▲
▷
(Past: 0.001;
Present: 0.715;
Future: 0.000)
SentiWN:
△
▽
(+0.00
-0.00)
MLSentiCon:
△
▼
(+0.00
-0.38)
More detail about the Extended Open Multilingual Wordnet (1.3)
Maintainer:
Francis Bond
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