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re·dux
adjective

Origin: 
1650–60;  < Latin:  returning (as from war or exile), nounderivative (with passive sense) of redūcere  to bring back; see reduce

non se·qui·tur
noun

1.  Logic . an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
2.  a statement containing an illogical conclusion.
Origin: 
< Latin:  it does not follow

kireji
adjective

切れ字 lit. “cutting word”
Origin: 
< Japanese

par·al·lax
noun

the apparent displacement or the difference in apparent direction of an object as seen from two different points not on a straight line with the object; especially : the angular difference in direction of a celestial body as measured from two points on the earth’s orbit
Origin: 
Middle French parallaxe, from Greek parallaxis, fromparallassein to change, from para- + allassein to change, from allos other

First Known Use: 1580
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