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Subject:Re: Word hunt From:John Ahlstrom <jahlstro -at- CISCO -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 Nov 1996 12:50:28 -0800
The on-line Webster's Dictionary defines eponym as
"the person for whom something is
named or supposedly named"
I believe an example is "eustachian tube"
It does not mention the thing for which a person
is named or supposedly named.
John Ahlstrom jahlstrom -at- cisco -dot- com
408-526-6025 Using Java to Decrease Entropy
Any neural system sufficiently complex to generate the axioms of
arithmetic is too complex to be understood by itself.
Kaekel's Conjecture
