obvious

adj
/ˈɑb.vi.əs/US/ˈɒ.vɪəs/UK

Etymology

16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”) + -ous, from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”).

Definitions

  1. Easily discovered, seen, or understood

    Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

    • One of the most obvious results of the B.R. Modernisation Plan has been the increasing use of diesel and electric traction; a less obvious by-product is the increase in track damage possible with the new forms of traction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at obvious. 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 obvious. 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 obvious

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

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