organ

noun
/ˈɔːɡən/UK/ˈɔɹɡən/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-der. Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon)bor. Latin organumder. Old French organebor. Middle English organe English organ From Middle English organe, from Old French organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. Doublet of organon, organum, and orgue.

  1. derived from *werǵ-
  2. derived from ὄργανον
  3. derived from organum
  4. derived from organe
  5. inherited from organe

Definitions

  1. The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.

    • bodily organs
    • vital organ
    • No matter the extraordinary progress that has been made in heart surgery over the past century, the heart remains a vulnerable organ.
  2. A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.

  3. A device, apparatus.

    • This Organ is called a Thermometer, or Thermoscope, because the degrees of Heat and Cold are measured and marked by it.
  4. + 9 more definitions
    1. A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe…

      A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.

    2. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.

    3. Ellipsis of organ pipe cactus.

    4. A government organization

      A government organization; agency; authority.

    5. The penis.

      • If the Snake has an unmistakeable resemblance to the male organ in its active state, the foliage of the tree or bush is equally remindful of the female.
    6. An Asian form of mitrailleuse.

      • Lieutenant Roberts was also severely wounded by a missile, or weapon called an Organ, which is composed of about thirty-six gun barrels so joined as to fire at once.
    7. To supply with an organ or organs

      To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

      • [W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels! […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions […]
    8. A surname.

    9. A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at organ. 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 organ. 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 organ

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