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Subject: Re: GEOM an acryonym?
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On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:49:17 +0200
Fluffles <etc@fluffles.net> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> We all know GEOM, but where GEOM got it's name from is not very well 
> documented. I found two sources claiming it to be an acronym for 
> "Geometry" and would like to verify this.

By definition GEOM is not an acronym for Geometry.