distinctness

noun
/ˌdɪˈstɪŋkt.nəs/US

Etymology

From distinct + -ness.

  1. derived from distinctus
  2. derived from destincter
  3. inherited from distincte
  4. suffixed as distinctness — “distinct + ness

Definitions

  1. The property or degree of being distinct.

    • In New York a Bohemian criminal is such a rarity that the case of two firebugs of several years ago is remembered with damaging distinctness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at distinctness. 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 distinctness. 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 distinctness

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

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