From sentto-44114-22455-1085606226-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed May 26 14:17:45 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 26 May 2004 14:17:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n46.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.67.23]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BT5mL-0001zY-Vv for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 26 May 2004 14:17:38 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-22455-1085606226-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.98] by n46.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 May 2004 21:17:07 -0000 X-Sender: tupper@peda.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 39454 invoked from network); 26 May 2004 21:17:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 May 2004 21:17:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n35.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.103) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 May 2004 21:17:04 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.172] by n35.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 May 2004 21:15:32 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20040522080926.GX3932@chain.digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.218.66.103 From: "pedagoguery" X-Originating-IP: 24.244.66.135 X-Yahoo-Profile: pedagoguery MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 21:15:31 -0000 Subject: [lojban] Re: regular polyhedrons Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 7974 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: tupper@peda.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- In lojban@yahoogroups.com, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Sat, May 22, 2004, 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. Thanks. I'm Xah's friend :-) The Lojban dictionary I have lists "kubli" as being a regular polyhedron --- is this correct? If it is, I'm not sure what the "nic" signfies in "vonynickubli". Does "kubli" imply convexity, or some other property beyond regularity? If not, there are 4 candidates for the 12-sided regular polyhedron. "Regular polyhedron" in modern use doesn't typically imply convexity. (There are 9 regular polyhedra, 5 of which are convex.) Comments? Why is "vonkubli" preferable to "kubli fi vo"? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/GSaulB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/