Bon

//bɒn// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of business object notation, notation for high-level object-oriented analysis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of BON (“bag of n-grams”). alt-of
  3. 3
    Initialism of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of bag of n-grams. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Note that the BoW scheme is a special case of the BoN scheme, with n=1."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan Buddhism.

Synonyms

All synonyms
advantageousauspiciousbeneficialbenevolentbonismbonny

Example

More examples

"The Bon Festival is near at hand."

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan བོན (bon).

Related phrases

tibetan buddhism

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