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KNOWLEDGE BASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The content of a particular field of knowledge
Synonyms:
domain; knowledge base; knowledge domain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("knowledge base" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "knowledge base"):
bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)
realm; region (a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about)
scientific knowledge (knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles)
