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processable or processible?

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entropic

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May 22, 2003, 8:06:47 AM5/22/03
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The online M-W doesn't have an entry for either...

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Martin Ambuhl

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May 22, 2003, 8:20:59 AM5/22/03
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entropic wrote:

[Hidden away in the subject line, instead of the text where it belongs:
"processable or processible?"]

> The online M-W doesn't have an entry for either...

I found your
claim strange, since my paper MW10CD listed it. I checked and
found that your claim is dead wrong. MW online yields for
either "processable" or "processible" the same thing:

One entry found for processible.
Main Entry: pro·cess·ible
Variant(s): or pro·cess·able /'prä-"se-s&-b&l, 'prO-/
Function: adjective
Date: 1954
: suitable for processing : capable of being processed
- pro·cess·ibil·i·ty or pro·cess·abil·i·ty /"prä-"se-s&-'bi-l&-tE,
"prO-/ noun

What the hell did you look up instead?

entropic

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May 24, 2003, 6:25:43 PM5/24/03
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Martin Ambuhl <mam...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<3ECCC11A...@earthlink.net>...

Hey, if you are in a lousy mood, take Prozac--or don't get out of bed
on your left foot. <G>

Now, ad rem: I made a mistake in my post; it wasn't M-W that didn't
have my entry, it was www.dictionary.com. The online M-W has it, as
you indicated in your puffing and huffing reply. Thanks anyway.

z.entropic

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