yang

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

yang(n = noun.cognition) Array - the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence"

Antonym: yin

yang, n. [Of imitative origin.].

The cry of the wild goose; a honk. [1913 Webster]

yang, v. i.

To make the cry of the wild goose. [1913 Webster]

yang, n.

one of the two fundamental principles. See yin and yang.

yang, n. (in Chinese philosophy) the active male principle of the universe (cf. YIN).

Etymology

Chin.