grain, seed
→
<measure of weight>
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | κεράτιον | |
| meaning 1 | fruit of the carob | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | carat, 1⁄1728 of a pound | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | Dsc. ap. Gal.19.775, Archig. ap. Aët. 6.37, Hero *Mens.60.21, Just.Nou.32.1 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | grain | |
| meaning 1 | single seed of grass food crops | a grain of wheat |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | The English grain (troy grain) of 1⁄5760 troy pound or 1⁄7000 pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | szem | |
| lexeme 2 | szemer | |
| meaning 1 | grain, seed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (archaic, historical, pharmacy) grain (unit of weight) | |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. |
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