Looking up Gravity, Rainbow, in WordNet.

[Glenn Scheper]

Part 3 of 4:

Recursively display hypernym (superordinate) tree for the search 
string. 

Hypernym is the generic term used to designate a whole class of 
specific instances.  Y is a hypernym of X if X is a (kind of) Y. 

Hypernym synsets are preceded by "=>", and are indented from 
the left according to their level in the hierarchy. 

3 senses of gravity                                                     

Sense 1
gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force -- ((physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein)
       => attraction, attractive force -- (the force by which one object attracts another)
           => force -- ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration")
               => physical phenomenon -- (a natural phenomenon involving the physics of matter and energy)
                   => natural phenomenon -- (all phenomena that are not artificial)
                       => phenomenon -- (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)
                           => process, physical process -- (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls")
                               => physical entity -- (an entity that has physical existence)
                                   => entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

Sense 2
graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness -- (a manner that is serious and solemn)
       => seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity -- (the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice)
           => trait -- (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
               => attribute -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
                   => abstraction -- (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
                       => abstract entity -- (an entity that exists only abstractly)
                           => entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

Sense 3
gravity, solemnity -- (a solemn and dignified feeling)
       => feeling -- (the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual")
           => state -- (the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state")
               => attribute -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
                   => abstraction -- (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
                       => abstract entity -- (an entity that exists only abstractly)
                           => entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))



2 senses of rainbow                                                     

Sense 1
rainbow -- (an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain)
       => bow, arc -- (something curved in shape)
           => curve, curved shape -- (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
               => line -- (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)
                   => shape, form -- (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape")
                       => attribute -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
                           => abstraction -- (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
                               => abstract entity -- (an entity that exists only abstractly)
                                   => entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

Sense 2
rainbow -- (an illusory hope; "chasing rainbows")
       => promise, hope -- (grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover")
           => expectation, outlook, prospect -- (belief about (or mental picture of) the future)
               => belief -- (any cognitive content held as true)
                   => content, cognitive content, mental object -- (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
                       => cognition, knowledge, noesis -- (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
                           => psychological feature -- (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
                               => abstraction -- (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
                                   => abstract entity -- (an entity that exists only abstractly)
                                       => entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))


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