conceptual

adj
/kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/UK/kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl/CA/kənˈsep.t͡ʃʉ.əl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

  1. derived from conceptus
  2. borrowed from conceptuālis

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

    • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
  2. Existing only in the imagination.

    • We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
  3. Of or relating to conceptualism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at conceptual. 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 conceptual. 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 conceptual

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

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