Bon
/bɒn/ name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of business object notation, notation for high-level object-oriented analysis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of BON (“bag of n-grams”). alt-of
- 3 Initialism of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 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 An indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan Buddhism.
Example
More examples"The Bon Festival is near at hand."
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan བོན (bon).