inventor

noun
/ɪnˈvɛntɚ/US/ɪnˈvɛntə/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or.

  1. borrowed from inventor

Definitions

  1. One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

    • Thomas Edison was the inventor of the phonograph.
    • The young inventor received a patent for her design.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at inventor

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