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clearing

verb
/ˈklɪɹ.ɪŋ/US/ˈklɪə.ɹɪŋ/UK/ˈklɪːɹɪŋ/

Etymology

From clear + -ing.

  1. derived from clarus
  2. derived from cler
  3. derived from cler
  4. inherited from clere
  5. suffixed as clearing — “clear + ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of clear

  2. The act or process of making or becoming clear.

  3. An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

    • Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges[…]: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. An open space in the fog etc.

    2. A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central…

      A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

    3. A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.

    4. The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.

    5. The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at clearing. 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 clearing. 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 clearing

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