obstacle
nounEtymology
From Middle English obstacle, from Old French obstacle, from Latin obstāculum.
- derived from obstāculum
- derived from obstacle
- inherited from obstacle
Definitions
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or…
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
- A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at obstacle. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at obstacle. 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 obstacle
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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