contortion

noun

Etymology

From Middle French contortion.

  1. derived from contortion

Definitions

  1. The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.

  2. A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human…

    A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at contortion

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

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