federal

adj
/ˈfɛdəɹəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós Proto-Italic *feiðos Latin foedusder. French fédéralder. English federal From French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”).

  1. derived from fédéral

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a league or treaty

    Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.

  2. Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state,…

    Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.

  3. Relating to covenantalism.

    • federal theology
  4. + 7 more definitions
    1. A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.

    2. A Union soldier in the American Civil War.

    3. A supporter of federation.

    4. A member of a Federal Party

    5. Alternative letter-case form of federal.

    6. Someone on the Union side.

    7. A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at federal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at federal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at federal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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