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battalion

noun
/bəˈtæl.i.ən/UK/bəˈtæl.jən/US

Etymology

From Middle French battaillon (modern French bataillon).

  1. borrowed from battaillon

Definitions

  1. An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming…

    An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.

  2. an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters

    an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.

  3. Any large body of troops.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A great number of things.

    2. To form into battalions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at battalion. 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 battalion. 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 battalion

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

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