Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei:Glossary

Magic High Schools

An alias of high schools affiliated to the National Magic University.

Among these, the First to Third schools have a fixed quota of two hundred students who are divided into two courses, Course 1 and Course 2.

Bloom, Weed

The jargons that show disparity between Course 1 students and Course 2 students in the First school.

An eight petal emblem is sewn on the left chest area of the uniforms of Course 1 students but this is missing on the uniforms of Course 2 students.

CAD

A device that simplifies magic invocation. Inside it, magic programs are being recorded. It has many of types and forms, such as specialized types, all-purpose types and etc.

Foa Libs Technology (FLT)

One of the CAD makers in the country. Aside from its completed products, it was originally famous for its magic engineering parts, however, due to the development of the Silver model, its popularity as a CAD maker leapt.

Taurus Silver

Extolled as genius engineer, developed 10-year advancement on the software of a specialized CAD model in merely a year.

Eidos (Form of Discreet Information)

Originally a Greek philosophy term. In regard to modern magic study, Eidos refers to a form of information that is attached to a phenomenon, and with records of these "phenomenons" existing in the "world", it can be said that the "phenomenons" left their footprint in the world.

In regards to modern magic study, the definition of "Magic" is doing a technique that changes the Eidos, which in turn changes its true form, the "phenomenon".

Idea (Dimension of Form of Information)

Originally a Greek philosophy term. In regard to modern magic study, Idea refers to the platform on which Eidos are being recorded.　The primary form of magic is the technique where one outputs the magic ritual on this so-called platform, Idea, and rewrite the Eidos recorded there.

Activation Ritual

A blueprint of magic, a program for constructing magic.

The activation ritual data is compressed and stored in the CAD, the Psion waves, flowing from the magician, is converted to a signal in accordance to the expanded data and returned to the magician.

Psion (Thought Particle)

A substanceless particle that comes under the dimension of psychic phenomenon, an information element that records the result of cognizance and thought.

Eidos that is the theoretical basis of modern magic and activation rituals and magic rituals that are techniques that support the foundation of modern magic are forms of information constructed with Psion.

Pushion (Spirit Particle)

A substanceless particle that comes under the dimension of psychic phenomenon, its existence has been validated, however its true form or function has yet to be clarified.

Typically, magicians are limited to being able to "feel" activated Pushion.