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Contents
Pre-dawn, May 1st, YDAU - Steeply & Marathe discuss possible contents of the Entertainment
Page 489
plexus
an intricate network
tête
French: head
Page 490
I/O
Input/Output
C'est ça
French: that's that
Page 491
ALGOL
an ancient computer programming language
Winter, B.S. 1963; Sepulveda, CA - Flashback to Himself's Childhood
Page 491
Endnote 208
Institut für Neutronenphysik und Reaktortechnik, Kernforschungszentrum
German: Institute for Neutron Physics and Reactor Engineering, Nuclear Research Center (a real organization)
Karlsruhe
a city in Germany about 90 miles south of Frankfurt (Main)
U.R.G.
probably United Republic of Germany
Springer-Verlag
one of the largest publishers in Germany
Wien
the German name for Vienna, capital of Austria
Page 491 (cont'd)
Bazin
André Bazin (1918-1958) was a French film theorist and director.
Page 492
Eureka
Ancient Greek for "I've found it," made famous by Archimedes
metastisate
He means "metastatize."
gibber
to chatter unintelligibly
Page 493
Synchronicity
the state of happening simultaneously
Concord
agreement
Page 494
declivity
downward slope or hill
Page 495
hypotenuse
the longest arm of a right triangle
right dihedral triangle
A right triangle is one whose largest angle is 90º. Dihedral means "having two sides."
Page 497
ebullient
zestfully enthusiastic
caster
wheel
Page 499
rodential
like a rodent
stalactite
the kind of V-shaped rock formations in caves that come down from the top
Page 502
Powell's Peeping Tom
Michael Latham Powell (1905-1990) was a British filmmaker, and Peeping Tom was one of his films.
hex
i.e., hexagonal, having six sides
L'Hôpital
Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital (1661-1704), was a French mathematician.
Bernoulli
Jacob Bernoulli (1654-1705) was a Swiss mathematician.
Brachistochrone
a reference to a brachistochrone curve
Page 503
Ken Erdedy & Kate Gompert go to NA
Page 503
anechoic vestry
Anechoic means "characterized by a low level of reverberation"; a vestry is where the priests' vestments (clothing for mass) are kept between ceremonies.
lassitude
weariness of body
catalepsy
suspension of sensation, with bodily rigidity
circadian arrhythmia
sleep disturbance
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anhedonia
inability to feel pleasure
peristyle
a colonnade surrounding an open space, or the space so encircled
astrolabes
a type of navigational device used before the invention of the sextant
prickets
sharp metal points on which to stick candles
Knights of Columbus
a Catholic fraternal order
Penn Station
the chief national train station in New York, at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue
Page 505
styptic
contracting tissue
dis
act of disrespect
Page 506
anorak
a hooded pullover jacket
bonhommic
a neologism, meaning "denoting good-heartedness"
Page 507
Keds
a brand of sneaker
Steeply & Marathe discuss temptation to watch the Entertainment
Page 507
C'est la guerre
French: That's war
Perseus
the Greek hero who beheaded Medusa (cf. The Medusa v. The Odalisque) , using the head to kill others; compared here to the A.F.R. ("the legs ... were amputated") which steals the Entertainment and uses it to kill others
jongleur
a wandering minstrel
pantalone
a stock mime character, often the butt of jokes
Hercules
the Greek hero who lost his mind, murdered his family, and was forced to suffer twelve labors as punishment, including calming a three-headed dog, clearing dung from the Augean stables, and stealing apples of infinite joy; compared here to Gately ("head was square"), who lost his mind as an addict and was forced into a twelve-step program, where he had to calm Pat M.'s dogs and clear shit from the Shattuck shelter (he previously stole the master to the Entertainment). Hercules also borrowed Athena's chariot on occasion; Gately borrows Pat M.'s car.
Castor and Pollux
stars in the constellation Gemini, named for twin sons of Zeus and Leda in Greek mythology
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