Help:Expression
An Expression is a combination of characters (e.g. m-a-i-n) that make up a word or a phrase in a specific language (e.g. English).
The word "main" in English and "main" in French have the same spelling, but are two different expressions (because they have different languages)
[edit] Browsing an expression page
For an example of an expression page, you can click on Expression:hand.
One or several definitions are shown, and each definition (corresponding to a different DefinedMeaning) can be clicked to expand it and view a list of definitions, translations, and annotations.
When more than one Language exists for that word, an arrow will appear next to the language name. In that case, a dropdown is available when the mouse hovers over the language name, and allows to switch between different languages, as shown in the image below:
[edit] Adding an expression
To understand how to add a new word that is not yet defined in OmegaWiki, see Help:Defining a new word.
[edit] Database point of view
An expression is stored in a specific table of the database: see Help:Expression table for technical details.
