nutrient

noun
/ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/UK/ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”).

  1. borrowed from nūtriēns

Definitions

  1. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give…

    A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

  2. Providing nourishment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nutrient. 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 nutrient. 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 nutrient

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

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