coagulation

noun
/kəʊ.æɡjuːˈleɪʃən/UK/koʊ.æɡjuˈleɪʃən/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion.

  1. derived from coagulatio
  2. borrowed from coagulation

Definitions

  1. The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several…

    The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes.

    • the coagulation of proteins
  2. The process by which blood forms solid clots.

  3. Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

6 hops · closes at coagulation

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

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