top | item 40313557 (no title) talsit | 1 year ago Using a Microtome (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtome). discuss order hn newest dredmorbius|1 year ago NB: tome in Microtome has the same root as the T in CAT scan: computer aided tomography. Which is to say, slimly-sliced cabbage^W X-ray scans.It's also the tome as in book, more properly one volume of a multi-volume (or multi-part) set, though it now generally simply means any large book.<https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=tome> habi|1 year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomography: `The word tomography is derived from Ancient Greek τόμος tomos, "slice, section" and γράφω graphō, "to write" or, in this context as well, "to describe."` themoonisachees|1 year ago Incredible, love learning language facts like this. load replies (1)
dredmorbius|1 year ago NB: tome in Microtome has the same root as the T in CAT scan: computer aided tomography. Which is to say, slimly-sliced cabbage^W X-ray scans.It's also the tome as in book, more properly one volume of a multi-volume (or multi-part) set, though it now generally simply means any large book.<https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=tome> habi|1 year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomography: `The word tomography is derived from Ancient Greek τόμος tomos, "slice, section" and γράφω graphō, "to write" or, in this context as well, "to describe."` themoonisachees|1 year ago Incredible, love learning language facts like this. load replies (1)
habi|1 year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomography: `The word tomography is derived from Ancient Greek τόμος tomos, "slice, section" and γράφω graphō, "to write" or, in this context as well, "to describe."`
dredmorbius|1 year ago
It's also the tome as in book, more properly one volume of a multi-volume (or multi-part) set, though it now generally simply means any large book.
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