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RE: Defining a word: can the word appear in the definition?
Subject:RE: Defining a word: can the word appear in the definition? From:bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:34:25 -0600
> This is what I have:
>
> Aggregation
> Our Illumina software takes multiple appliances and places them in a
> cluster. This allows it to be managed as a single, shared resource.
> Aggregated appliances manage growth by simplifying the addition and
> management of appliances.
>
> I repeat the word aggregation, and an engineer thinks it shouldn't be
>there.
It seems to me that your real problem is that you are attempting to merge
two definitions ("aggregation" and "aggregated appliances") into one. If
you split them up, you can easily solve your problem.
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