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In the 'rhetorical' stage of mathematical notation, calculations were described purely by words rather than symbols.

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Directly confirmed by Wikipedia's Timeline of Mathematics and History of mathematical notation articles, with additional corroboration from an academic paper and a secondary wiki source. Terminology and description are consistent across all sources.

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