importance

noun
/ɪmˈpɔːtəns/UK/ɪmˈpɔɹtəns/US

Etymology

From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance.

  1. derived from importantia
  2. derived from importance
  3. inherited from importaunce

Definitions

  1. The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

  2. significance or prominence.

  3. personal status or standing.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Something of importance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at importance. 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 importance. 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 importance

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

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