Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 22:58:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199710080358.WAA13443@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS Sender: Lojban list From: JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS Subject: Re: Dvorak (& Lojban) X-To: lojban To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1221 Lines: 32 Andrew Sieber: >Actually, I just remembered that there was something I wanted to ask: in >English, completely different words are used to refer to physical >phenomena and the units used to measure them. For example, the unit of >measurement of electrical current is the ampere, and the unit for length >or distance is the meter (or yard, etc). There are only a few >exceptions, such as the volt, which measures voltage. How is this >handled in Lojban? {lo xampo} is an electrical current, by default of one ampere, {lo mitre} is something that can be measured in meters, by default measuring one meter, and so on. So, yes, the unit uses the same word as the measured object. > I assume that whatever name is used, the same base >quantities are used that are used internationally, such as is the case >for metric prefixes, where "kilto" means "kilo". Yes, for example: ki'ogra (kilto grake) g1 (g2=k1) k2 x1 is x2 kilograms in mass I don't really know what to do about the x3 of kilto. I would say, for example li cinonono kilto li ci 3000 is a thousand 3 but in what dimension? How is the x3 of kilto used? co'o mi'e xorxes