Fellow fractaliers/wordsmiths- Seemingly OT, but really not (after all, words are all we've got w/ e-mail [other than the fractal images we then discuss using words], and we all listen frequently to the proof that the same word holds different meanings for different fractaliers, fractophiles, fractamants, and fractamandes. I'd actually be really interested in which on-line/RAM-resident dictionary/thesaurus you folks find easiest to use in a predominantly(or is it predominately?) WindowsXP environment using MSWord from within "MS Office for XP Pro". For example, where did PNL and Andrew Coppin get the definitions to cut and paste into their messages today? And where could we have gotten, in addition, the words' respective etymologies? 1) At one end of the spectrum is the embarrassingly bad spell-checker/"thesaurus" which is part of MS Word. What a stinker. Good only for catching inadvertent typo's and double keystrokes. Don't think I can remember when I last learned a new word or synonym from that albatross - I spend more time training it than vice versa. I'd really love to be able to: a) whip out the definition, pronunciation and definitions of a given word (I'd like a little etymology, too), and b) spell-check quickly and non-repetitively - without leaving the Word Application, using a semi-intelligent checker. You'd think that the least Gates could do for us (and therefore most we might reasonably expect) would be a neural net in the background back there, somewhere, even if they didn't admit it. [But then again, this is the Gang that can't shoot straight, and offers you now an incredible "Business Intelligence" tool - what an oxymoron). For a mere $179, "Data Analyzer", with all the statistical power of a cream puff . . . . . ] 2) Then there's the middle ground: Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus. For example, for an extra $10 or so, you can get a CD-ROM in the pocket if you buy Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the "Ump-teenth" Edition, with Roget's Thesaurus (indexed as a Thesaurus, not alphabetically like a dictionary). As books, both are comfortable hardbacks. Both are still ~2.5" thick, 8" x 10" hardbounds with thumb indices. The CD is OK, but requires you to exit Office to access it. Imagine if you had to exit Office every time you wanted to use an Excel add-on to fit a line through a bunch of points on a graph. Any other useful choices in the "middle ground", which can be used both as a spellchecker and a source of synonyms and etymology? (as in today's contributions about "corollary", "lemma", etc????) 3) Then there's the other extreme: the CD version of the formidable, but out of date, Oxford English Dictionary - all 200lbs of it I don't want to go to crazy (like getting the dysfunctional, elephantine, CD-ROMs of the full-sized OED). Any suggestions of a mid-level, RAM-resident, functional dictionary/thesaurus w/ etymologies, pronunciations, and the ability to spell-check in real time?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Coppin" <orphi69@hotmail.com> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 4:46 AM Subject: Re: [Fractint] JuhYhgtFFe2

Ah, Mr. Lee, concise as ever!

Andrew. "I read a lot of math litriture, but don't know much about it!"

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From: "Paul N. Lee" <Paul.N.Lee@Worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Fractint] JuhYhgtFFe2 Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 04:39:03 -0500

corollary (kôr´e-lèr-ê, kòr´-) noun plural corollaries Abbr. corol. 1. A proposition that follows with little or no proof required from one already proven. 2. A deduction or an inference. 3. A natural consequence or effect; a result.

lemma (lèm´e) noun plural lemmas or lemmata (lèm´e-te) 1. A subsidiary proposition assumed to be valid and used to demonstrate a principal proposition. 2. A theme, an argument, or a subject indicated in a title. 3. A word or phrase treated in a glossary or similar listing.

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