GRGR(7) - Spectro(E)?
Richard Romeo
richardromeo at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 26 13:20:28 CDT 1999
Seems I read somewhere that that special "E" represents Eventyr who is
acting as the medium for Spectro who is now on the "other side"
Rich
>From: "David Morris" <davidm at hrihci.com>
>Reply-To: <davidm at hrihci.com>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: GRGR(7) - Spectro(E)?
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:24:59 -0700
>
>(139.21) "Foxes," calls Spectro(E)
>-----------
>Question: What is that "E" all about? Does it refer to a math function?
>Or perhaps it is suggesting we replace the "o" with an "E," but why
>capital?
>
>Main Entry: spec·ter
>Variant(s): or spec·tre /'spek-t&r/
>Function: noun
>Etymology: French spectre, from Latin spectrum appearance, specter, from
>specere to look, look at
>Date: 1605
>1 : a visible disembodied spirit : GHOST
>2 : something that haunts or perturbs the mind : PHANTASM <the specter of
>hunger>
>
>Main Entry: spectro-
>Function: combining form
>Etymology: New Latin spectrum
>: spectrum <spectroscope>
>
>Main Entry: spec·trum
>Pronunciation: 'spek-tr&m
>Function: noun
>Inflected Form(s): plural spec·tra /-tr&/; or spectrums
>Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, appearance -- more at SPECTER
>Date: 1671
>1 a : a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed
>(as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are
>arranged in order b : any of various continua that resemble a spectrum in
>consisting of an ordered arrangement by a particular characteristic (as
>frequency or energy): as (1) : ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM (2) : RADIO
>SPECTRUM
>(3) : the range of frequencies of sound waves (4) : MASS SPECTRUM c : the
>representation (as a plot) of a spectrum
>2 a : a continuous sequence or range <a wide spectrum of interests> b :
>kinds of organisms associated with a particular situation (as an
>environment) or susceptible to an agent (as an antibiotic)
>
>
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