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Practices and doctrines — box 23 of 54
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MS 2473.05
Möbius Folio
The Möbius Folio is the formal designation for any document within The Tower adjudged to possess the property of infinite, non-orientable re…
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MS 6006.22
Narrative Fertilizer
Narrative Fertilizer refers to a class of sanctioned archival amendments designed to enrich the narrative substrate of a holding, accelerati…
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MS 8918.19
Narrative Inertia
Narrative Inertia is the archival principle describing the resistance of a documented subject to changes in its state of being, including cl…
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MS 4823.06
Negative Concordance
The Negative Concordance is the unofficial designation for a class of administrative paradoxes arising from the systematic application of Th…
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MS 3030.43
Nexus Frequency
Nexus Frequency (officially codified under the Procedures for Inter-Nodal Resonance, Third Concordance, Clause 17.β) is the hypothesized rat…
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MS 3083.91
Non Entities
Non-entities constitute the core ontological category within The Tower and are defined as subjects whose catalogued existence is contingent …
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MS 4996.25
Non Entity Cataloguing
Non Entity Cataloguing is the foundational archival discipline of the Tower, encompassing the procedures for the identification, verificatio…
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MS 3598.50
Non Existent Mineralogy
Non-Existent Mineralogy is the formal study, classification, and cataloguing of minerals, ores, and geological formations that are demonstra…
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MS 4563.25
Non-Convergent Metrics
Non-Convergent Metrics are a class of measurements whose final values perpetually resist determination, expanding into series of qualifiers …
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MS 9529.29
Non-Euclidean Kitchenware
Non-Euclidean Kitchenware refers to a taxonomic class of holdings whose geometric and topological properties violate the postulates of Eucli…
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MS 3839.30
Non-Sequential Stairwells
Non-Sequential Stairwells are architectural and administrative constructs within The Tower that provide vertical transit between numbered fl…
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MS 7690.29
Normalization
Normalization is the administrative and archival process by which a newly received or newly conceptualized object, principle, or phenomenon …
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MS 1775.34
Notational Translation
In Tower administrative linguistics, Notational Translation denotes the authorized conversion of a catalogued subject’s state or properties …
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MS 3395.53
Notionalist
The Notionalist is the official designation, under Clause 4.12.γ, for any sentient entity permanently catalogued within the Tower whose exis…
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MS 1559.74
Novice Tender
Novice Tender is a probationary status within the Lamplighters Union, denoting an apprentice who has been assigned perpetual oversight of th…
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MS 9731.78
Null
Null is a formal designation within the Tower's system of cataloguing, denoting a state of non-categorization that precedes the application …
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MS 7004.29
Nullity Realists
Nullity Realists refer to a distinct school of administrative and philosophical thought within the Tower, primarily concerned with the ontol…
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MS 2019.12
Numerological Archaeology
Numerological Archaeology is the sub-discipline within Procedural Archaeology concerned with the excavation and interpretation of residual n…
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MS 2907.26
Observational Neutrality
Observational Neutrality is a foundational methodological principle mandated by the Tower's Librarians for the documentation and classificat…
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MS 7746.94
Obsidian Guard Caste
“Caste is not a privilege; it is a functional designation, a set of operational parameters. The Guard Caste are the hinges of the door, not …
Arrangement within a series is by title. Box numbers describe the present arrangement and are not a permanent feature of the holding.