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fit2rule on Nov 10, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Data Saved in Quartz Glass Might Last 300M Years

Actually, not all dictionaries are circular - some are more definition-complete than others, and it does make a difference.

Houshalter on Nov 10, 2015 [–]

I mean circular, in that the definition's reference each other. E.g. if the definition for "happy" was "not sad" and the definition for "sad" was "not happy. If you didn't know one of those words already, the dictionary would be useless.

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