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breeder

noun
/ˈbɹiːdɚ/

Etymology

From breed + -er. Cognate with West Frisian brieder (“one who breeds, breeder”), Dutch broeier (“brooder, vagrant”).

  1. derived from *bʰreh₁-✻ — “warm”
  2. inherited from *brōdijaną✻ — “to brood”
  3. inherited from brēdan
  4. inherited from breden
  5. suffixed as breeder — “breed + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).

    • Breeders have figured out that if they can take one haploid set of chromosomes from a cross and copy it (or double it creating a double haploid), they will have a pure line almost instantly.

  2. Ellipsis of breeder reactor, a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material…

    Ellipsis of breeder reactor, a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons.

  3. A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary…

    A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern.

    • I was wondering if anyone out there could mail me a base for MIT's 'breeder' - the one with 8? puffer trains forming glider-guns. I've seen in in^([sic]) a few books but can't seem to get it working ...
    • I later implemented an improved version of the algorithms on an Atari STe, this time the goal was to run the breeder, which it did at 2 gen/sec at the stage when the first glider gun has been assembled.
    • A glider-emitting breeder pattern can probably also be constructed in this rule, which would out-radiate any chaotic pattern by a considerable margin.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A person who has had or who is capable of having children

      A person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focused on the rearing of their own children.

    2. A heterosexual person

      A heterosexual person; one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding; straggot.

      • Since the breeders started coming here, you can never tell who likes cock.
      • When visiting gay friends but wishing to avoid any heterosexual passersby or dinner guests of said friends, one can always call ahead and inquire, "Are there breeders in your home?"
      • “Hey… what does a breeder know?” Michael grinned. “Where did you learn that word?” […]“One of the guys at Perry's,” replied Brian. “He said that's what the faggots call us.”

    3. A 40-gallon fish tank, sometimes used to breed fish that is low in height and wide in…

      A 40-gallon fish tank, sometimes used to breed fish that is low in height and wide in length, typically measuring 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 16 inches high, making it and shallower than a typical 40-gallon aquarium.

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Derived

breedermobile, breedership, fast breeder, fast-breeder reactor, horsebreeder, mouthbreeder, nonbreeder, outbreeder, prebreeder, stockbreeder, weather breeder

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for breeder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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