http://www.metafilter.com/tags/visualthesaurus Posts tagged with 'visualthesaurus' at MetaFilter. Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:52:29 -0800 Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:52:29 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/9795/ <a href="http://www.visualthesaurus.com/">At a loss for the right word?</a> This is an artful way to find another way to say what you mean. tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.9795 Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:52:29 -0800 language thesauraus visualthesaurus vocabulary hockeyman http://www.metafilter.com/2356/ <a href="http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/">The (hyper)active online thesaurus</a> This thesaurus is the best visual example of the vitality of language I've ever seen. As you click through the web of linked words, they just quiver and fly around as though they both want to be used <u>now</u> and at the same time want to avoid being pinned down. I love this, especially the way the 3D effect leaves some words in the background, since they are only distantly related. But when you click on them they zoom to the top, along with a new constellation of associated words and concepts. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.2356 Tue, 04 Jul 2000 08:10:31 -0800 language thesaurus visualthesaurus elgoose