From jjllambias@hotmail.com Tue Jul 16 18:01:40 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 17 Jul 2002 01:01:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 46477 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2002 01:01:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 17 Jul 2002 01:01:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Jul 2002 01:01:21 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:01:21 -0700 Received: from 200.69.2.52 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 01:01:21 GMT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: [lojban] involute Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 01:01:21 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Jul 2002 01:01:21.0304 (UTC) FILETIME=[76FFA980:01C22D2D] From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Originating-IP: [200.69.2.52] X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=6071566 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 14638 la pier cusku di'e >What is the Lojban for involute? The word means "the curve traced by >unwinding"; e.g. if you wind a string around a circle, then unwind it >holding >it taut, the curve the end traces is the involute of the circle. I don't know about the name for the curve, but how do we say "wind" and "unwind" in Lojban? Maybe something like {tagrurgau} and {to'e tagrurgau}? mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com