perm filename GLOSS[0,BGB]1 blob
sn#062486 filedate 1973-09-19 generic text, type C, neo UTF8
COMMENT ā VALID 00002 PAGES
C REC PAGE DESCRIPTION
C00001 00001
C00002 00002 10.0 GLOSSARY.
C00004 ENDMK
Cā;
10.0 GLOSSARY.
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.
PREJUDICE
An opinion adverse to something without sufficient knowledge.
PARALLAX
Based on the dictionary definition: paralax, the difference
in direction of a celestial body as measured from two points on the
earth. In this paper I have shaded and stretched the word to mean
the union of kinetic depth perception, stereo ranging and binocular.