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In message <CAKoxK+4yai69WGbtS1AeFJ4iLLCYC5NqVtJ=h0as8HJC-bkcpQ@mail.gmail.com>, Luca Ferrari writes:

>I'm curious to know if GEOM stands for something or does not have any
>particular meaning. I was unable to figure it out.

It's shorthand for "geometry"

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