coordinate term

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coordinate term (plural coordinate terms)

  1. (semantics) A term (word or noun phrase) that shares a hypernym (or hypernymic noun phrase) with another.
    The words oak, maple, spruce, and linden are coordinate terms beneath the hypernym of tree; the terms HDA, LAMP, MDA, NASBA, RPA, SDA, and TMA are coordinate terms beneath the hypernymic term isothermal nucleic acid amplification test.

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See also
  • Wiktionary:Semantic relations § Coordinate term
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