Word of the Day: SEMANTIC

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semantic (adj) - of or pertaining to meaning in language or logic [si-man-tik]

BREAKDOWN: SEM- (sign, mark) + -ANTIC (pertaining to)

• semantics is the study of meaning in language

See also: aposematic

“The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.” —Edsger Dijkstra

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