incisor

noun
/ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

  1. borrowed from incīsor

Definitions

  1. A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and…

    A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

6 hops · closes at incisor

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

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