tetragram

noun
/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌɡɹæm/

Etymology

From tetra- + -gram.

Definitions

  1. A group of four letters.

  2. In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once,…

    In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tetragram. 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 tetragram. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at tetragram

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

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