pacemaker
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a leading instance in its field
the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations
Types & categories
- exemplar hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
Types & categories
- cardiac muscle hypernym
Sense 3 noun
an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker
Types & categories
- electronic device hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a horse used to set the pace in racing
Types & categories
- racehorse hypernym
Related & opposite
- pace derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | exemplar |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cardiac muscle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | electronic device |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pace |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | racehorse |