cor·pus (kôr p s)n. pl. cor·po·ra (-p r-) 1. A large collection of writings of a specific kind or on a specific subject. 2. A collection of writings or recorded remarks used for linguistic analysis. 3. Economics a. The capital or principal amount, as of an estate or trust. b. The principal of a bond. 4. Anatomy a. The main part of a bodily structure or organ. b. A distinct bodily mass or organ having a specific function. 5. Music The overall length of a violin. [Middle English, from Latin; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.] |
corpus [ˈkɔːpəs]
n pl -pora [-pərə]
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a collection or body of writings, esp by a single author or on a specific topic the corpus of Dickens' works
2. the main body, section, or substance of something
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy
a. any distinct mass or body
b. the main part of an organ or structure
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the inner layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the vascular tissue and pith Compare tunica [2]
5. (Linguistics) Linguistics a body of data, esp the finite collection of grammatical sentences of a language that a linguistic theory seeks to describe by means of an algorithm
6. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a capital or principal sum, as contrasted with a derived income
7. Obsolete a human or animal body, esp a dead one
[from Latin: body]
Corpus collection of writings on a subject; writings by an author or group of authors.
Examples: corpus of Christian tradition, 1865; of civil law, 1727; of Oriental numismatics, 1886; of the Greek poets, 1727; of scripture, 1876.
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| Noun | 1. | corpus - capital as contrasted with the income derived from it capital - wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value |
| 2. | corpus - a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole | |
| 3. | corpus - the main part of an organ or other bodily structure body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
corpus
noun collection, body, whole, compilation, entirety, oeuvre (French), complete works a corpus of over 450 million words of spoken and written English
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