Cecil Number

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'''Cecil Number''', the number of steps that seperate a person from [[Richard Cecil]]
 
'''Cecil Number''', the number of steps that seperate a person from [[Richard Cecil]]
  
The number is calculated in a similar fashion to the Bacon Number, but the primitive steps in this system are "Spouse of", "Parent of", "Child of" and "Sibling of".
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The number is calculated in a similar fashion to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon#Bacon_numbers Bacon Number].  However in the Kevin Bacon game, the only primitive step is simply "was in a movie with".
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For Cecil Numbers, the primitive steps in this are "Was the Spouse of", "Was the Parent of", "Was the Child of" and "Was the Sibling of".
  
 
So the children of Richard Cecil are "Cecil Ones", their spouses are "Cecil Twos".  Siblings, Parents or Children of those spouses would then be "Cecil Threes".
 
So the children of Richard Cecil are "Cecil Ones", their spouses are "Cecil Twos".  Siblings, Parents or Children of those spouses would then be "Cecil Threes".
  
 
And so on.
 
And so on.

Revision as of 21:01, 16 July 2008

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