# Terminologies

**lhs** : Left Hand Side

**rhs** : Right Hand Side

**p = q**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> : an identity </span>

**Equational Expression**: expr1 = expr2 e.g. expr1 = a\*x+b and expr2 = cos\[b-c\]

**copy**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">: when an object is duplicated, byte by byte so to say, into a facsimile. </span>

<p class="callout warning"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This definition of </span>**copy**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the simplest to grasp the concept. In due places, more sophisticated definitions will be produced.</span></p>

**Structure**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">: a </span>**structure**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> is that which permitting </span>**Similarity**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> to other </span>**Similars**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span>

**Example**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span>**Circular**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a structure since it permits </span>**similarity**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>**to**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> anything that is </span>**round**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span>

**Example**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span>**Red**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a structure since it permits </span>**similarity to**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> anything that is </span>**red**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span>

**Example**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span>**Numeral**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a structure since it permits </span>**similarity to**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> anything that is a </span>**number**.

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ff calls a list e.g. </span>**{1,2,3}** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">as a </span>**structure**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, or a function e.g. </span>**cos\[ \]** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">a </span>**structure**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> or an </span>**algebraic structure**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> e.g. </span>**x^2-1**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span>