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: Well, nobody knows what it means, since they were added by [[User:Moremajorthanmajor]], who never explained his terms, and has since been banned.
: Well, nobody knows what it means, since they were added by [[User:Moremajorthanmajor]], who never explained his terms, and has since been banned.
: – [[User:Sintel|Sintel🎏]] ([[User_talk:Sintel|talk]]) 08:18, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
: – [[User:Sintel|Sintel🎏]] ([[User_talk:Sintel|talk]]) 08:18, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
:: So could the term be repurposed for something more useful (like scales with negative or blown-out steps)?  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 10:04, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
:: So could the term be repurposed for something more useful (like scales with negative or blown-out steps)?  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 10:04, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
::: Common examples like collapsed and equalized scales are more accurately described as {{w|Degeneracy (mathematics)|degenerate}} than {{w|Pathological (mathematics)|pathological}}. If you look at examples of pathological objects in mathematics from the Wikipedia article, you'll notice that they're not just "exaggerated" versions of common stuff, they really behave strangely and unintuitively. --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 15:10, 16 April 2025 (UTC)