Dictionary (software)
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{{Infobox Software
| name = Dictionary
| logo = [[Image:Dictionary Icon.png|64px]]
| screenshot =[[Image:OS X Dictionary Screenshot.png|220px]]
| caption = The Dictionary window with the new Leopard visual theme
| developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
| latest_release_version = 2.0.1
| latest_release_date = [[February 11]], [[2008]]
| latest_preview_version =
| latest_preview_date =
| operating_system = [[Mac OS X]]
| genre = [[dictionary]]
| license =
| website = http://www.apple.com
}}
The '''Dictionary''' application, developed by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] for its [[Macintosh]] computers, was introduced with [[Mac OS X v10.4]] "Tiger". It provides definitions and synonyms from the ''[[New Oxford American Dictionary|New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition]]'' and ''[[Oxford American Writers Thesaurus|Oxford American Writers Thesaurus, 1st Edition]]''.
==History==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:OPENSTEP Digital Webster.jpg|left|thumb|Digital Webster]] -->
OS X's progenitor, [[OPENSTEP]] (and [[NEXTSTEP]]) provided similar functionality, called Digital Webster, providing [[dictionary]] and [[thesaurus]] definitions from [[Webster's Dictionary|Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus]] (termed the "First Digital Edition"). OPENSTEP Services provide lookup from all applications.
==Functionality==
The dictionary and thesaurus in Dictionary are in an [[XML]] format, but make use of precompiled binary index files to access the XML file directly, excluding the option of expansion of the dictionary.
The key combination '''[[control key|⌃]] [[command key|⌘]] D''' can be used in [[Cocoa (software)|Cocoa]] applications which display text — it brings up a small [[contextual menu]]-like definition or synonym of the word under the [[cursor]].
Apple also included a [[widget (computing)|Dashboard Widget]] for accessing the Dictionary application. In applications which support "Services", there is an option in the application menu (for example, Safari>Services>Look up in Dictionary) which brings up the Dictionary application and displays the definition of a selected word.
The application's preferences allow a user to select from three different pronunciation schemes, either US English (Diacritical or IPA), or British English (IPA).
====Errata====
* The [[lexicon]] of the English language spell checking services (which are also universally accessible in Cocoa applications) are not the same as the Dictionary's lexicon. Thus, the ''New Oxford American Dictionary 2nd Edition'' is not the basis for spell checking in [[Mac OS X "Tiger"]].
* Double clicking on any word searches for that word in the dictionary again; you can click on almost any word except the pronunciations in phonetic characters and numerals.
* Apple catches any queries to the <code>dict:///</code> protocol, say from a web browser, and routes them back to the Dictionary application.
* In the [[Mac OS X v10.4]] version, if you type in "democracy" in the widget, and then switch it to "thesaurus", you see a remark relating to the [[war in Iraq]].
==Mac OS X v10.5==
Dictionary in [[Mac OS X v10.5]] has some significant improvements and new features. For example, it now includes the Japanese-language dictionary [[Daijisen]], Progressive E-J and Progressive J-E dictionaries, and the 25,000-word thesaurus {{nihongo|"Tsukaikata no Wakaru Ruigo Reikai Jiten"|使い方の分かる類語例解辞典}}, all of which are provided by the Japanese publisher [[Shogakukan]]. The program also uses [[Wikipedia]] as a source.
==Images==
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<!-- Deleted image removed: image:dictionarymenu.png|Dictionary can be accessed through applications that support Mac OS X Services. -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: image:dictionarycocoa.png|Dictionary defining a word in Safari; a [[WebKit]]/[[Cocoa]] application in [[Mac OS X v10.4]]. -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: image:dictionarywidget.png|The Dictionary widget within the Mac OS X [[Dashboard (software)|Dashboard]], introduced in [[Mac OS X v10.4]]. -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Apple Dictionary querying tiger.png|Looking up [[tiger]]. -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Apple Dictionary querying wiki.png|Looking up wiki in OS X Tiger's Dictionary application -->
Image:Looking up Wikipedia in OS X Leopard Dictionary.png|Dictionary's new [[Wikipedia]] integration.
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