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Catchword for “skiamorph”
Catchword: skiamorph
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Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: I got the word, and the concept behind it, from a book on materials science that I long ago mislaid. “Skiamorph” comes from the Greek for “shadow” (skia) and “form” (morphe). My long-lost book coined it for the unnecessary holdovers that show up when new technologies displace existing ones.
Article or Document Title:
“One person’s Rolodex is another person’s electronic skiamorph”
Author:
Bill Atkinson
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Gloe and Mail
Publishing Location:
Toronto, Can.
Date of Publication:
Feb. 10, 1996
Page Number:
D8
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