I read the other day that the word Set has more definitions than any other word in the English language. That’s one of those little factoids that is almost impossible to check, but it just might be true. According to the Wiktionary, Wikipedia's dictionary, set has 19 definitions as a verb, 20 as a noun, and 7 as an adjective – not to mention about a gazillion derivative meanings.
Just for fun, how many definitions can you think of? Can you come up with a complete set?
The picture I used at the beginning of this piece is a Julia Set – part of a Mandelbrot Set. Mandelbrot Sets use mathematical equations to form some beautiful pictures. You’ll find an explanation HERE .
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