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biologically

adv

Etymology

From biological + -ly.

  1. borrowed from biologia
  2. formed as biological — “biology + -ical”
  3. suffixed as biologically — “biological + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a biological manner.

    • Working with a concept formulated in New Jersey, Open Marsh Water Management, techniques were developed that controlled mosquitoes biologically, rather than chemically, resulting in minimal physical impacts to the treated marshes, […]
    • ... and have built vast greenhouses dedicated to breeding and harvesting ladybirds to control pests biologically rather than chemically.

  2. With regard to biology.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at biologically. 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 biologically. 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 biologically

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

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