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wiring

verb

Etymology

From wire + -ing.

  1. inherited from *weh₁iros✻
  2. inherited from *wīraz✻
  3. inherited from wīr
  4. inherited from wir
  5. suffixed as wiring — “wire + ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of wire

  2. A set of electric wires.

    • They had to replace most of the wiring after the fire.

  3. The act or process of installing such a set of wires.

    • The plumbing is done, and the wiring comes next.
    • The wiring of the American farm put power for countless tasks available at the flip of a switch.

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Derived

cross-wiring, electrical wiring, structured wiring, wiring diagram, wiring harness, wiring loom

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at wiring. 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 wiring. 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 wiring

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

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