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compilation

noun
/ˌkɒm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌkɑm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/US/kəmˈpajˌle.ʃən/

Etymology

English compile + -ation, from Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).

  1. derived from compīlō — “to plunder”
  2. derived from compiler
  3. inherited from compilen
  4. suffixed as compilation — “compile + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

    • The scope of this computor will not necessarily be restricted to paybill compilation; its application to other work is being studied, and all possible use will be made of its capabilities.

  2. That which is compiled

    That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

    • Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of the best songs they'd heard at the festival.

  3. Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at compilation

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