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upcycling

noun
/ˈʌpsaɪklɪŋ/US

Etymology

From upcycle + -ing.

  1. derived from *kʷékʷlos✻
  2. derived from κύκλος
  3. derived from cyclus
  4. inherited from cicle — “fixed length period of years”
  5. prefixed as recycle — “re + cycle”
  6. compounded as upcycle — “up- + recycle”
  7. suffixed as upcycling — “upcycle + ing”

Definitions

  1. The act of converting (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of higher…

    The act of converting (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality.

  2. present participle and gerund of upcycle.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for upcycling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA