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"human-sciences",
"logic",
"mathematics",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"mul:Astrology"
],
"glosses": [
"quadrature."
],
"links": [
[
"astrology",
"astrology"
],
[
"quadrature",
"quadrature"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astrology) quadrature."
],
"topics": [
"astrology",
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"mul:Alchemy"
],
"glosses": [
"table salt."
],
"links": [
[
"alchemy",
"alchemy"
],
[
"table salt",
"table salt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(alchemy) table salt."
],
"topics": [
"alchemy",
"pseudoscience"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"topics": [
"alchemy",
"pseudoscience"
],
"word": "🜔"
}
],
"word": "□"
}
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