Both Uses
correspond
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Hyperion
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- He went on a nine-day drunk, awoke in one of the deeper hive tunnels of Lusus with his military cornlog implant stolen-by someone who apparently had taken a correspondence course in surgery-his universal card and farcaster access revoked, and his head exploring new frontiers of pain.†
Part 2 *correspondence = done from afar
- The cybrid was controlled by an AI nexus which corresponds to a security force.†
Part 5 *corresponds = connects or fits together by being equivalent, proportionate, or matched
Definitions:
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(1)
(correspond as in: corresponding time period) connect or fit together by being equivalent, proportionate, or matched
(Two things are equivalent if they have the same or very similar value, purpose, or result.) -
(2)
(correspond as in: corresponding by email) communicate -- typically by writing letters or emailA corresponding secretary is an officer of an organization who is responsible for managing the organization's correspondence and keeping a record of it.
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(3)
(correspondence as in: a correspondence course) done from afarFor example, a corresponding member or a correspondence course.
This sense of corresponding arose because people who lived in distant cities and could not be present for meetings, could communicate by sending written communications. -
(4)
(correspondent as in: foreign correspondent of the paper) a reporter or other representative -- typically from a foreign country or with a particular expertise
- (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)