lightpath

noun

Etymology

From light + path.

  1. derived from *póntoh₁s
  2. derived from *pántaHs
  3. derived from *pántaHh
  4. inherited from *paþaz
  5. inherited from *paþ
  6. inherited from pæþ
  7. inherited from path
  8. compounded as lightpath — “light + path

Definitions

  1. A section of an optical network in which light travels without being modified.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at lightpath

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

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