railway

noun
/ˈɹeɪlˌweɪ/US/ˈɹæɪlˌweɪ/

Etymology

From rail + way.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-
  2. inherited from *wegaz
  3. inherited from *weg
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. compounded as railway — “rail + way

Definitions

  1. A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.

  2. A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may…

    A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at railway. 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 railway. 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 railway

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