compositional

adj
/ˌkɒm.pəˈzɪ.ʃən.əl/

Etymology

From composition + -al.

  1. derived from compositiō
  2. derived from composicion
  3. inherited from composicioun
  4. formed as compositional — “composition + -al

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to composition.

    • The compositional aspects of this work are less than ideal.
  2. Being the sum of its parts.

    • The phrase "sum of its parts" is entirely compositional.
    • A wet súit meaning a suit that is wet is a compositional phrase; a wét suit meaning a garment worn by skin divers is a compound.
    • We have already noted that compounds tend to have meanings that are not entirely compositional and would therefore need to be listed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at compositional. 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 compositional. 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 compositional

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