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Glossary / Ontology

StatusActive Development — one real worked entry below. This is a starting structure, stated honestly, not a completed glossary. Filling it in against the real vocabulary lists across all twelve weeks is the next real step.

Entry template

Every term in this glossary follows the same seven fields — important for an AI reading this site specifically, since a controlled vocabulary only works if every entry is structured the same way:

Term · Definition · Related terms · Opposing concepts · Examples · Common mistakes · Prerequisites

Worked example

Term: State Variable

Definition: A variable required to describe the condition of a dynamic system.

Related: State estimation, observation, control.

Common mistake: Confusing an observable measurement with the complete system state.

What's not here yet

Related terms, opposing concepts, examples, and prerequisites weren't specified for this entry in the source material, so they're left blank rather than invented. The full Core Vocabulary lists already published across Weeks 1–10 are the real source for populating the rest of this glossary — that's mechanical work against content that already exists, not new authoring.