protected

adj
/pɹəˈtɛktɪd/

Definitions

  1. defended

  2. Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to…

    Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.

  3. simple past and past participle of protect

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at protected. 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 protected. 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 protected

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

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