bacterium

noun
/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ (băktērĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriumbor. English bacterium From New Latin bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”), from βακτηρία (baktēría).

  1. derived from βακτήριον
  2. borrowed from bactērium

Definitions

  1. A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at bacterium

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

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