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repetition

noun
/ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən//ˌɹiːpəˈtɪʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio. By surface analysis, repeat + -ition.

  1. borrowed from repetitionem

Definitions

  1. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

    • How we hope and believe each day will be our last of anxious waiting! The post comes in, and there is no letter for us. How bitter is the disappointment! and on every repetition it grows more acute.

  2. The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a…

    The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

  3. To petition again.

    • The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again.

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Derived

nonrepetition, overrepetition, pulse repetition time, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitionless, repetition time, spaced repetition

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at repetition. 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 repetition. 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 repetition

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

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