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math-out
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n. [poss. from white-out (the blizzard variety)] A paper or presentation so
encrusted with mathematical or other formal notation as to be
incomprehensible. This may be a device for concealing the fact that it is
actually content-free. See also numbers , social science number. A math-out
approach to history. (The next cartoon in the Crunchly saga is 73-05-19. The
previous one is the frontispiece.