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preventative

adj
/pɹɪˈvɛntətɪv/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of preventive.

    • 1968, G. Anthony Wedge, N. A. P.: New American Party, Geddes Press Printers (1968), p. 155, "Preventative defense comes in two flavors […]"
    • 2006, Robert Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson, Repairing & Upgrading Your PC, O'Reilly (2006), p. 70, "The goals of preventative maintenance are to reduce the likelihood of hardware failures, […]"

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at preventative. 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 preventative. 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 preventative

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

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