• 48954246@lemmy.world
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    No no no, they’ve got it all wrong. A prescription is a set of words used to explain the meaning of another topic or word

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      No, you’re thinking of a description. A prescription is a guess about what’s going to happen in the future.

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        No, that’s a prediction. A prescription is a deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow.

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        Nah that’s a premonition. A prescription is how you transform information so that only authorized parties can decode