Visuwords - Visual Dictionary Explained

The first thing we see when getting to Visuwords.com is how a dynamic diagram is built, very much like a molecule. The molecule accordingly consists of balls-atoms , on each of which a word is written and various connections between them. It becomes interesting, where did we go?

Visuwords.com is a graphical dictionary. Like most explanatory dictionaries, Visuwords provides a definition of the word, and related words. However, explanatory dictionaries are usually limited to an ordinary list of synonyms, which increases the gap between them and Visuwords several times.

When requested, we get a list of words that are somehow related to the desired one. What kind of logical connections unite them, we can understand the uncomplicated lines in the diagram. There, on the left, there is a kind of legend explaining all the visual elements. For example, we can learn that a continuous line of turquoise means that one concept is a more special case of another, a purple ball means a noun , etc.

The most interesting side of the project is the visual part. Diagrams are implemented using Adobe Flash and, according to the authors, resemble a neural network. After entering the word in the search string, we get a ready-made model, which is not only unusual, but also completely dynamic. We can zoom in and out the diagram, shift the whole or each object individually, rebuilding the structure at our discretion.
This article was written by my friend, who is still not on the habr.