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degeneracy

noun
/dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹəsi/CA/dɪˈd͡ʒenəɹəsi/

Etymology

From degenerate + -cy.

  1. learned borrowing from dēgenerātus
  2. suffixed as degeneracy — “degenerate + cy”

Definitions

  1. The state of being degenerate (in all senses).

    • If it be true, that the preſent age is more corrupt, than the preceding, the great multiplication of Novels has probably contributed to its degeneracy.
    • Inveterate abuse of drinking in nonhereditarily disposed persons creates a degeneracy like the hereditary.

  2. The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being…

    The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.

  3. A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from…

    A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at degeneracy. 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 degeneracy. 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 degeneracy

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