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Add a terminology page to docs for "translating" between CF and xarray terminology #25

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xarray itself has a very helpful Terminology page that gives definitions for the key objects/concepts in xarray. As that page notes, these differ somewhat from CF. Since cf-xarray further acts to bridge the gap between xarray and the CF conventions, it may be helpful to have a sort of "terminology translation" page to the cf-xarray docs to alleviate confusion. For example: xarray uses "dimension coordinate" and "non-dimension coordinate" whereas CF uses "coordinate variable" and "auxiliary coordinate variable".

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