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geostationary

adj

Etymology

From geo- + stationary.

  1. derived from stationarius
  2. prefixed as geostationary — “geo + stationary”

Definitions

  1. At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's…

    At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.

    • The measurement is accomplished by observing the Faraday rotation angle of signals from geostationary satellites on a continuous basis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

9 hops · closes at geostationary

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

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