Term: shortness: the property of being of short spatial extent
Candidate hypernym: length: the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place → 1
Candidate hypernym: alectoris: a genus of Perdicidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: misstatement: a statement that contains a mistake → 0
Candidate hypernym: serratia marcescens: the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon → 0
Candidate hypernym: model: someone worthy of imitation → 0
Candidate hypernym: traction engine: steam-powered locomotive for drawing heavy loads along surfaces other than tracks → 0
Candidate hypernym: right angle: the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines → 0
Candidate hypernym: brink: the edge of a steep place → 0
Candidate hypernym: compression fracture: fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) → 0
Candidate hypernym: proportional tax: any tax in which the rate is constant as the amount subject to taxation increases → 0
Candidate hypernym: photochemistry: branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light → 0