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Resource: Visual Thesaurus - a tool to explore, study, and analyze the structure of language
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Jeremy Smith
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Dec 19, 2002

I haven\'t explored this much, but it looks very interesting: a visual thesaurus. In the company\'s own words:



\"An experiment in language and interface, Plumb Design\'s Visual Thesaurus is both an artistic exploration and a tool to explore, study, and analyze the structure of language. By displaying the interrelationships between words and meanings as spatial maps, the Visual Thesaurus translates language into a visible architecture.\"



It uses data from... See more
I haven\'t explored this much, but it looks very interesting: a visual thesaurus. In the company\'s own words:



\"An experiment in language and interface, Plumb Design\'s Visual Thesaurus is both an artistic exploration and a tool to explore, study, and analyze the structure of language. By displaying the interrelationships between words and meanings as spatial maps, the Visual Thesaurus translates language into a visible architecture.\"



It uses data from Wordnet, so it\'s pretty reliable. ▲ Collapse
 
Luca Tutino
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Interesting -- thank you! Dec 19, 2002

A bit slow, though...



I would just add the (obvious) url: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
 
Henry Dotterer
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brilliant Dec 19, 2002

Great link!
 
rhandler
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Fantastic! Dec 20, 2002

This site/software offers unlimited possibilities, I suppose. I\'ve already added it to my \"Favorites\" and will explore it further. Thank you for the hint.
 
Jeremy Smith
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oops Dec 20, 2002

Stupidly forgot to put the actual URL in the message.



http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp
 


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