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descriptive name

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Written indication on maps and charts, used to specify the nature of a feature (natural or artificial) shown by a general symbol.


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We have other familiar examples of accepting an effect of a sacrament as a descriptive name for the sacrament itself.
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN - Watching some of the snowboarders who will be competing at the upcoming Winter Gravity Games in Colorado, it seems a more descriptive name might be the Anti-Gravity Games.
 
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