Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation;
- Example: "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heteronym \Het"er*o*nym\, n.
That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name
or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heteronym
n 1: two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way
but differ in pronunciation; "the word `bow' is an example
of a heteronym"