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anthropic (iou) and mancala (iou)


anthropic (iou)



anthropic adjective. M19.
[Greek anthropikos, formed as ANTHROPO-: see -IC.]
Of or pertaining to humankind; human.
anthropic principle the cosmological principle that theories of the origin of the universe are constrained by the necessity to allow individual human existence.
anthropically adverb M20.

mancala (iou)



mancala noun. M19.
[Colloq. Arab. man&kdbelow;ala, from na&kdbelow;ala remove, take away.]
A board game for two players, originally Arabic but now common throughout Africa and Asia, played on a special board with rows of holes or hollows, and having as its object the capture of the opponent's pieces.