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"word": "трёхчленный"
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"ref": "1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface",
"text": "And albeit these thynges be waighty and truthes of great importance, yet (by the infinite goodnes of the Almighty Ternarie,) Artificiall Methods and easy wayes are made, by which the zelous Philosopher, may wyn nere this Riuerish Ida, this Mountayne of Contemplation […] ."
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