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apparition

noun
/ˌæp.əɹˈɪʃn̩/UK/ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/US

Etymology

From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.

  1. derived from apparitio
  2. derived from apparition

Definitions

  1. An act of becoming visible

    An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

    • the sudden apparition of the Spaniards
    • The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world.

  2. The thing appearing

    The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

    • […] which apparition, it seems, was you.

  3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance

    An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.

    • The region's economy is buoyed by tourism driven by past apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
    • The attic is said to be haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there.
    • He spoke to the apparition, and although its lips did not move, he somehow heard its reply.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured

      The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.

    2. A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed,…

      A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.

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Derived

apparitional, apparitionist, disapparition, rank of apparition, reapparition

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at apparition

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA