timespan

noun

Etymology

From time + span.

  1. derived from *(s)pend- — “to stretch
  2. inherited from *spannō — “span, handbreadth
  3. inherited from spann
  4. inherited from spanne
  5. compounded as timespan — “time + span

Definitions

  1. An interval of time.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at timespan. 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 timespan. 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 timespan

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

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