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Re:What's the minimum number of words you'd need to define a... by doxos on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:12PM (#19332502)
Doesn't every word in a given definition have an "outgoing edge?"
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Re:What's the minimum number of words you'd need to define a... by fwip on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:04PM (#19333003)
Yes, but not all words defined in the dictionary are used in a definition.

So if "multitudinous" isn't used in a definition of another word, you remove it from the set. Maybe you then find out that "myriad" was only used in the definition of multitudinous, so you can take myriad out, and so on.

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