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Did you know there's a dictionary in Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard"?

Posted by Alan Zeichick Monday, Jan 28, 2008, 11:30 AM ET

It's the helpful little program that I never noticed, but I stumbled on Dictionary when looking in my "Applications" folder over the weekend.

While there was a version of Dictionary available prior to Leopard, to be honest, I never noticed it. According to Apple, the latest version has five new features:

Wikipedia in Dictionary
Harness the power of Wikipedia when you're connected to the Internet — it’s built right into Dictionary. You get a great Mac OS X user interface with super-fast searching and beautifully laid-out results.

Apple Dictionary
Get to know your Mac even better. A dictionary of Apple terms is built into Dictionary.

Front and Back Matter
Access a wealth of content found in the front and back matter for the New Oxford American Dictionary, such as grammar, spelling, and pronunciation guides. Or access reference materials such as the chemical elements, weights and measures, and conversions.

Japanese-English Dictionary
Translate English to Japanese and vice versa. This capability is now built into the Leopard Dictionary.

Japanese Language Support
In Leopard, the Dictionary application supports the Japanese language right out of the box, with an industry-leading Japanese dictionary and thesaurus provided by Shogakukan. The dictionary contains over 200,000 words with rich descriptions and examples, and the thesaurus contains 25,000 words covering 6,000 categories.

Totally cool, and totally useful. I've added it to my Dock.

Apple

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