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Subject:Re: Looking for words From:Len Olszewski <saslpo -at- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 6 May 1997 20:17:57 GMT
In article <8625648F:006BC57C -dot- 00 -at- gpsnotes8 -dot- gps -dot- com>, RJACOBSE -at- gps -dot- com writes:
|> I'm looking for alternatives to the words "parent" and "child" to describe
|> entities in a outline-like conceptual structure. One alternative for
|> "child" is "dependent," but I can't think of an easily aprehended analog
|> for "parent."
|>
|> Is parent/child good enough, or are we overlooking some obvious
|> alternatives?
"Main" and "subordinate" seem to work here. You could try "primary" and
"subordinate", or if you need other levels, "primary", "secondary",
"tertiary", and so forth.
You might consider a containment metaphor, where the parent elements
would be "exterior", and the child elements "interior" with the notion
of "peer" elements at some given level of containment.
Hope this helps.
--
Len O. "I would rather be cynically accurate than
saslpo -at- unx -dot- sas -dot- com inoffensively euphemistic." - Me
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