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explanatory

adj
/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/UK/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/US

Etymology

From Late Latin explānātōrius, from Latin explānāt-, past-participle stem of explānāre (“to explain”). Displaced Old English ġereclīċ.

  1. borrowed from explānātōrius

Definitions

  1. Intended to serve as an explanation.

    • Below the diagram is an explanatory text.

  2. Disposed to explain.

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Derived

explanatorily, explanatoriness, explanatory dictionary, explanatory fiction, explanatory style, nonexplanatory, overexplanatory, self-explanatory, unexplanatory

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at explanatory. 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 explanatory. 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 explanatory

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