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tramway

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Germanic *drum Middle Low German trame Low German traambor.? Scotsbor. English tram English way English tramway From tram + way.

  1. derived from tram English way English tramway From tram + way
  2. derived from *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Germanic *drum Middle Low German trame Low German traambor✻

Definitions

  1. The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.

  2. The system of cables that supports a cable car.

  3. A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal…

    A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal circumstances) for the exclusive use of trams and public buses.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tramway. 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 tramway. 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 tramway

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

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