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)
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Browsing an expression page[edit]
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, tabs will appear on top of the page.
Adding an expression[edit]
To understand how to add a new word that is not yet defined in OmegaWiki, see Help:Defining a new word.
List of expressions in language XXX[edit]
A list of all expressions of a given language can be browsed in the page Special:Datasearch. Just select a language and click "show".
Database point of view[edit]
An expression is stored in a specific table of the database: see Help:Expression table for technical details.
