From lojbab@lojban.org Thu Jun 05 12:19:42 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 05 Jun 2003 12:19:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao01.cox.net ([68.1.17.244]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19O0Gn-0000Po-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 12:19:29 -0700 Received: from bob.lojban.org ([68.100.92.1]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030605191859.OYF8337.lakemtao01.cox.net@bob.lojban.org> for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 15:18:59 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030605151539.03603470@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 15:17:22 -0400 To: lojban-list@lojban.org From: Robert LeChevalier Subject: [lojban] Re: [Archivist] Volts? In-Reply-To: <20030605171510.GS12377@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-archive-position: 5614 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list At 10:15 AM 6/5/03 -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: >Why is there a gismu for amps but not volts? > >I thought the gismu were intended to include all (or at least most >of) the standard SI units? There are gismu for the "basic" SI units, of which volt isn't one (but steradian is %^) We figured that other SI units could be made as lujvo, either of the basic units or of the things that they measured. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org