te·los

[tel-os, tee-los]
noun, plural te·loi [tel-oi, tee-loi] .
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.

Origin:
1900–05; < Greek télos; cf. tele-2

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1. The LeLisp Version 16 Object System. Also used in EuLisp. The object-oriented core of EuLisp. Incorporates ideas from CLOS, ObjVLisp and OakLisp. Total merging of types with classes and message-passing with normal function application.
2. A Pascal-based AI language.
["Design Rationale for TELOS, a Pascal-based AI Language", Travis et al, SIGPLAN Notices 12(8) (Aug 1977)].

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Telos is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example sentences
They must debate the telos, or ultimate purpose, of marital unions.
The ideas of social progress and telos go hand in hand.
There's nothing worse than a product that has reached its telos, its design endpoint.
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