Polysemy

A very brief definition of "polysemy".

A polyseme is a word or phrase with multiple, related meanings all of which share the same roots (etymology). For example, "box" is defined as "a type of tree", "a container", "a seating area" and "to fight with fists". The first three share their roots with pyxos ("box tree") and are therefore polysemes, while the fourth has its own, separate etymology, in no way connected to pyxos, and is therefore not part of the same polysemous group.

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This website is dedicated to the proposal that the metaphorical relationships drawn between any two disciplines are, in fact, universal, being isomorphic mathematical derivations of the Unified Field Theory. Further, that this symmetric aspect of metaphor is extrapolatable both linearly and laterally, thus may be harnessed to mathematically predict missing knowledge and invention in all other disciplines: an interdisciplinary Rosetta stone of universal scope. "The metaphor reminds us that the universe is full of cousins." - J.D. Casnig
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