canal

n 1: (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once

thought to be a system of channels; they are now

believed to be an optical illusion

2: a bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other

substance [syn: {duct}, {channel}]

3: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for

irrigation

v : provide with a canal, as of a city [syn: {canalize}]

CAMAL

CAMbridge ALgebra system.

A {symbolic mathematics} system used in Celestial Mechanics

and General Relativity. CAMAL was implemented in {BCPL} on

{Titan}.

["CAMAL User's Manual", John P. Fitch, Cambridge U, England

(1975)].

["The Design of the Cambridge Algebra System", S.R. Bourne et

al, Proc 2nd Symp of Symb & Alg Manip, SIGSAM 1971].

(1995-02-16)