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Ahhhh …. A good point @noah-cochran

I actually had a micro-conversation on this a few days ago. Basically, a friend asked me if there are any books with magic systems that are actually scientific in their world. And I responded with, yes, there are many, however, we generally use the term ‘magic’ as to would be what is magic in our world (even if its normal/science) in their world.

I think it ties in with not making things too alien so readers can immerse themselves plausibly in the world/story, able to see the difference in that world (what makes it fantastical compared to ours) but not be pulled out at (too many) unfamiliar terms. That said, there are a few who do this well with their own systems – just I haven’t heard of a universal ‘fantastical ability system’ [name] that would refer to magic in our world, but a set of [natural laws] in their world.