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Tue Nov 11 10:17:44 PST 2003


PKieferjr at aol.com wrote:
>> I suggest "barocentric".
> I wouldn't. "Baro" tends to refer to atmospheric pressure (example: 
> "Barometer").

"baro" is "man, freeman" in Old High German, though, as opposed to the
Greek "baros".  "Barocentric" is a pun on "barycentric".

Daniel de Lincolia
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