fabrication

noun
/fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/US

Etymology

From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Equivalent to fabricate + -ion.

  1. derived from fabricatio
  2. derived from fabrication

Definitions

  1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing

    The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

    • the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government
    • The AISC Standard for Steel Building Structures addresses trade practices and common concerns related to structural steel fabrication and construction.
  2. That which is fabricated

    That which is fabricated; a falsehood.

    • The story is doubtless a fabrication.
    • The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things.
  3. The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking

    The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.

    • For many years meat fabrication was done by hand, with the butchers improving their craft with the advent of higher quality metals, knives, and tools. With the coming of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s, meat processing changed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fabrication. 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 fabrication. 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 fabrication

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

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