Thursday, May 03, 2007

A new form of thesaurus

I learned about a fascinating website today at http://www.visuwords.com It is a visual dictionary and thesaurus in that it puts the word connections into a visualized form rather than a list as a print format thesaurus does. It is amazing to watch it build! Depending upon the word you are using as your base request, the diagram is complex or simple. For example, I typed in the word "theology" and watched the diagram progress to quite a large complex design. But when I typed in "eschatology" a much smaller diagram appeared.

The words are all connected by colored lines and arrows, depending upon their connection to each other. Nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs are all noted by colored dots. The definition of each word can be seen by rolling the mouse over the word.

All in all, it is a fascinating way to find the word you want!

No comments: