semant

Semant is a term used in discussions of meaning in language and in semantic technologies. It is not the official name of a single organization or standard. The word derives from the combining form semant-, from the Greek semantikos meaning meaningful, and is used as a root in several derivations such as semantics and semantic.

In linguistics, semant is sometimes used informally as a shorthand for the study of meaning within courses, notes, or informal texts. It is not widely standardized and does not belong to a formal subfield on its own.

In computing and information science, Semant can appear as a placeholder name or project name for components and tools dealing with meaning, such as semantic annotation, ontology alignment, or natural language understanding workflows. In tutorials and open‑source examples, developers may refer to a module named Semant to illustrate how a system extracts or reasons about meaning.

Because there is no single definitive entity called Semant, the term is used variably and contextually. When encountered in literature or code, it is best interpreted from the surrounding documentation and may denote a generic semantic component rather than a fixed standard.

See also: semantics, semantic web, ontology, knowledge graph, natural language processing.