terrain

noun

/təˈɹeɪn/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).

derived from terrenum — “land, ground”

Definitions

A single, distinctive rock formation
A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
2
An area of land or its particular features.
- The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.
3
The surface of the earth
The surface of the earth; the ground.
- This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.
- controlled flight into terrain
- TOO LOW, TERRAIN
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1. An individual's overall state of health.

The neighborhood

Derived

all-terrain, all-terrain vehicle, controlled flight into terrain, height above average terrain, human terrain, linguistic terrain, terrain awareness and warning system, terrain park, terrain theory

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at terrain. 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.

A definitional loop anchored at terrain. 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 terrain

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

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