Stable names

Pick one fixed word for each recurring thing and use only that word, everywhere, forever. No synonyms, no drifting phrasing, no renaming the same thing on page four. Later parts add symbols and arrows; this one just freezes the vocabulary.

Pick one fixed word for each recurring thing and use only that word, everywhere, forever. No synonyms, no drifting phrasing, no renaming the same thing on page four. Later parts add symbols and arrows; this one just freezes the vocabulary.

Example

In your chemistry notes, "the concentration of the reactant" becomes reactant concentration every single time. Not "reactant level," not "amount present," not "starting concentration." One term, 40 uses a week, so you stop rereading to check whether two phrases mean the same quantity.