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size -- the size of an object

Description

size x -- returns the size of x which usually gives a rough indication of memory space required to store the object x.

For a polynomial, the size is the number of terms.

This function should be replaced by something more generally useful.

Ways to use size :

For the programmer

The object size is a method function.