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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread isoteric #84243 10/22/2002 7:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Exoteric is easy. So is esoteric. But I found "isoteric" in a number of sites, but could nowhere find its definition. Can you? In some of the science sites, it seemed likely that it referred to proteins having some molecules arranged in different groupings. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: isoteric #84244 10/22/2002 11:10 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Nope, no isoteric in OneLook.com, but I found a first cousin: "isosteric. Having identical valence electron configurations. " Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: isoteric #84245 10/23/2002 12:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Maybe isoteric means that it is understood by half of the people, and the other half find it over their heads... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: isoteric #84246 10/24/2002 12:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Bean old hand Bean old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Or maybe it means that everyone misunderstands it equally! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Some words are more equal than others #84247 10/24/2002 1:04 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 everyone misunderstands it equally! I like it, Bean! Research has shown that the -ter- part of esoteric and exoteric comes from the Greek lexeme for comparison. Thus esoteric is more inner and exoteric is more outer. Isoteric is more equal? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Some words are more equal than others #84248 10/27/2002 7:34 AM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 35 BankrollBets newbie BankrollBets newbie Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 35 Isoteric is more equal Sounds Orwellian to me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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