crate-ology

crate-ology
 n.β€” Β« 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.Β» β€”β€œTrained eye can see right through box of weapons” by John Diamond USA Today AUg. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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