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short-term

adj

Etymology

From short + term.

  1. derived from *térmn̥✻
  2. derived from terminus — “a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”
  3. derived from terme
  4. inherited from terme
  5. compounded as short-term — “short + term”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the near or immediate future.

    • This short-term plan deals with the next few days.

  2. Of or pertaining to a short duration of time.

    • short-term exposure

  3. Over a relatively short period of time.

The neighborhood

Derived

short-termism, short-termist, short-termness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at short-term. 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 short-term. 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 short-term

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