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No•vum Or•ga•num
Pronunciation: (nō'vum ôr'gu-num, ôr-gä'num, -gan'um; Lat. nō'woom ōr'gä-nOOm"), [key]a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry.
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