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GEOMETRY	The word literally means earth measure.
NOTION		A vague idea.
LORE		Knowledge or wisdom gained thru experience.
THEORY		A body of statements presenting a systematic view
		of a subject.
HYPOTHESIS	A tentative assumption made in order to draw out and
		tests its logical or empirical consequences.
MANDALA		From the Sanskit for circle; a circular geometric design.
FILM		A sequence of images.
MODEL		A description; a mathematical description of an entity
		of a state of affairs.
THESIS		A position or proposition that a person (as a candidate
		for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain
		by argument.
REAL TIME

	Defining "real  time" is  easy, "real  time" is the  physical
time  measured by clocks  in units called  seconds; the  riddle is to
define "unreal time" which is  measured by computers in units  called
executed instructions.