Biblical Scope

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 8/9/02 11:46:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG writes:

> I was interested to see "biblical scope" being used on a National Oceanic
>  and Atmospheric Administration page (until I saw that it was reprinted from
>  the Annals of Improble Research), and to be defined there as a period of 40
>  years. Is this a common term in research involving long-term data?

Yes, there is, and it was discussed on ADS-L recently.  The term is "secular".

             - Jim Landau