correspondence

noun
/ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/UK/ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/US/ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/CA/ˌkɑ.ɹəˈspɑn.dəns/

Etymology

From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence.

  1. derived from correspondentia
  2. inherited from correspondence

Definitions

  1. Mutual communication or discourse

    Mutual communication or discourse:

  2. Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc

    Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at correspondence

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

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