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crate-ology

crate-ology
 n.— « In the closed world of spy satellite photo analysis, it’s called “crate-ology”: the science of identifying a weapon or some other key component by the size and shape of its box.» —“Trained eye can see right through box of weapons” by John Diamond USA Today AUg. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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