... mean[*]
See section 9 on the reading and writting of equations. 
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... textbook[*]
The book is by Stratton [3] and discusses how energy is radiated and absorbed by very small particles such as molecules or soot particles. The correction can be found in Dr. LaViolette's Ph.D. thesis [4] 
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... wars[*]
Holy wars are prolonged and usually pointless technical discussions akin to ``my operating system is better than your operating system'', ``my car is better than your car'', or ``who is the worst shot, Star Trek security or Star Wars storm troopers''. To cite an expert, E. S. Raymond [6] :
The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy war most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. This happens precisely because in a true holy war, the actual substantive differences between the sides are relatively minor. 
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... brackets[*]
See footnote 3 page [*]. 
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... number[*]
Sometimes included in the facts of publication, i.e. the information about the publishing house, is the city in which the house resides. This practice has lost popularity in recent years due to the fact that publishers now have houses all over the world. In 1993 Addison Wesley had thirteen such houses spread across the globe. 
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... al.[*]
Abbreviated from the Latin et alia meaning and others. 
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... Number[*]
See Section 5.5. 
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... typeset[*]
See Chapter 9 
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... report[*]
See Chapter 3 
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... recto[*]
recto (from the Latin for correct or right, think of rectify) is the right-hand page of an open book or the written side of a sheet, verso (from the Latin for opposite, think of versus) is the left-hand page or the unprinted side of a sheet. 
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... justified[*]
Justification is a means of making the printed material look rectangular with its left and right edges aligned. 
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... spaces)[*]
this differs from the french practice of indenting all paragraphs 
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... leading[*]
The space between lines is named leading and the word rhymes with sledding. It comes from the fact that varying thickness of strips of lead (the element) were used to change the spacing between lines. 
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...orphans[*]
A single line of a paragraph appearing by itself at the bottom of a page 
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...widows[*]
A short last line of a paragraph appearing by itself at the top of a page 
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... companies[*]
Typesetting can be very expensive if done manually. A proper layout can now be achieved with modern computers using a programme called TEX or the more user-friendly LATEX. Most word processors do a bad job at typesetting, resulting in overcrowded lines or under-filled ones and orphans and widows everywhere. 
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... italics[*]
See Section 5.4 
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... monotype[*]
A specific shape, usually roman. See 5.4 
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... typeface[*]
Times, Helvetica, Symbol are all typefaces. This concept is commonly and erroneously referred to as a font. A font is a selection of both typeface and size. 
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... roman[*]
Most word processors use the term normal as meaning the roman version of a typeface. 
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... Times[*]
The Times typeface was developed for The London Times to increase the number of words on a page without diminishing readability. That is why it is thinner and smaller than most. Compare Bookman and Times. 
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... serifs[*]
A serif is a slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter. 
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... capitals[*]
This usage is rather recent and can be traced to the email community where, until recently, different typefaces were not available. 
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... underlining[*]
See Section 5.3 
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... capitalized[*]
Meaning to begin a word with a capital letter, not to set everything in capital letters which is called full caps. 
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...Zar2000 [*]
The author wishes that this poem be accompanied by the following credits. Title suggested by Pamela Brown. Based on opening lines suggested by Mark Eckman. By the author's count, 127 of the 225 words of the poem are incorrect (although all words are correctly spelled). 
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... tester...''[*]
These are examples of the same action written in the active and passive voice. The active voice is the most commonly used in English (John plays with the ball). In the passive voice the object on which the action is done is the subject (grammatical) of the sentence (The ball is played with by John). This is an acceptable usage in Science but is frowned upon in the Humanities. See the second Fumbler rule later on in this section. 
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... writing[*]
Originally based on William Safire [10]. Many more have appeared since the original dozen or so reminders. 
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Abbreviated from the Latin exempli gratia. 
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Abbreviated from the Latin id est. 
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... plates[*]
Until recently, photographs were usually reproduced on photographic paper and inserted after the report was bound. The advent of modern colour printers has made this practice obsolete. 
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... appear[*]
See rule #13 of Chapter 7. 
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... figure[*]
Captions for tables are placed above the table. See Chapter 8. 
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... sche\-me[*]
See Section 5.5. 
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... figure[*]
Captions for tables are placed above the table. See Chapter 8. 
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... them[*]
For the proper use of units and scientific notation see Chapter 9. 
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... text[*]
Figures have their caption below the text, see Chapter 6. 
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... scheme[*]
See Section 5.5. 
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... brackets[*]
Brackets are []. Braces are {}. Parenthesis are (). 
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... roman[*]
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... braces[*]
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... instructor[*]
This is a point of never-ending discussion among students and professors. It is true that the SI is a more homogeneous and coherent unit system. However, until the United States of America convert to this rational system you as engineers will be forced to work in imperial units if you work in North America. 
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... point[*]
The dot used as a radix point is commonly called a decimal point, though strictly speaking it not only separates the whole number from the tenths but also from the hundredths, the thousandths, etc. 
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... cipher[*]
When the symbol 0 is used to take the place of what would otherwise be a vacancy in the decimal system, it is called a cipher. Leading ciphers are always removed except the one preceding the radix point. 
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... reference[*]
See Section 4.10 
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... text[*]
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... text[*]
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... ligatures[*]
For those wondering what a ligature is compare the f's in Moffatt and Moffatt. The former is a typsetting trick to make the word look more artistic. Word processors like Word $ ^{\mathrm{TM}}$ or WordPerfect $ ^{\mathrm{TM}}$ cannot reproduce this but TEX can. 
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