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regeneration

noun

Etymology

From re- + generation or regenerate + -ion, from Latin regenerātiō.

  1. derived from regenerātiō

Definitions

  1. Rebuilding or restructuring

    Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.

    • The conversion of so many old industrial buildings into living quarters was a major factor in the regeneration.

  2. Spiritual rebirth

    Spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one

  3. The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The process by which a water softener flushes out minerals extracted from the water…

      The process by which a water softener flushes out minerals extracted from the water supply.

    2. The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to…

      The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to spontaneously restore hit points.

      • The standard ring of regeneration restores one point of damage per turn (and will eventually replace lost limbs or organs).
      • 2003, Bastion Press, E. W. Morton, Out for Blood Regeneration does not restore hit points lost from starvation, thirst, or suffocation.

    3. The property of a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an…

      The property of a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times through a feedback loop.

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Derived

autoregeneration, bush regeneration, irregeneration, myoregeneration, neuroregeneration, osteoregeneration, photoregeneration, regenerationism, regenerationist, self-regeneration, superregeneration, unregeneration, urban regeneration

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at regeneration. 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 regeneration. 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 regeneration

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

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