From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sat May 22 01:09:36 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 22 May 2004 01:09:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BRRZP-0000Xj-GS for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 22 May 2004 01:09:27 -0700 Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 01:09:27 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: regular polyhedrons Message-ID: <20040522080926.GX3932@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200405220558.i4M5wle20455@xahlee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200405220558.i4M5wle20455@xahlee.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 7948 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 01:58:47AM -0400, xahlee.org wrote: > a friend wanted to know how to say "great dodecahedron" in lojban. > > So, how does one say the five regular solids? > > tetrahedron > cube/hexahedron > octahedron > dodecahedron > icosahedron The standard trick, IIRC, is to do things like vonkubli, which would have the place structure: x1 is a four-sided polygon of dimensions x2 (def. 3) However, for what you want vonynickubli is better: x1 is a four-sided polygon of dimensions x2 (def. 3) with regularity property x3 (def. all sides same length, all angles equal) That's just off the top of my head, though. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Many philosophical problems are caused by such things as the simple inability to shut up." -- David Stove, liberally paraphrased. http://www.lojban.org/ *** loi pimlu na srana .i ti rokci morsi