The defendant contended that it was not, and that section 23 should be viewed as analogous to the freedom-of-information statutes enacted in various other countries.
It is also analogous with the swelling behavior of a crosslinked polymer gel and is thus of interest in biomedical engineering for controlled drug delivery.
It can sometimes be referred to as undercrowding and it is analogous (or considered synonymous by some) to depensation in the field of fishery sciences.