From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue May 24 08:08:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 8389 invoked from network); 24 May 2005 15:08:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m26.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 May 2005 15:08:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 May 2005 15:08:24 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Dab0M-0006cT-UB for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 24 May 2005 08:07:39 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134] ident=108) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Daazb-0006aX-J8; Tue, 24 May 2005 08:06:58 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 24 May 2005 08:06:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DaazK-0006aB-Ee for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 24 May 2005 08:06:34 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DaazK-0006a4-36 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 24 May 2005 08:06:34 -0700 Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:06:34 -0700 Message-ID: <20050524150634.GH2534@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <4290E499.5040504@yandex.ru> <20050523191355.GQ2534@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <4293094A.5070907@yandex.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4293094A.5070907@yandex.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-archive-position: 10026 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -5.3 (-----) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: railgun X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24397 On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 03:00:26PM +0400, Aleksej R. Serdyukov wrote: > Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > Anyways, I used "xumjimcelxa'i" for "gun" as in "chemical > > projectile weapon" in my LNC story. > > Hm, what is "jim" for here? jinme; metal. > > Using a similar construct for railgun gives makyjimcelxa'i, with > > a place structure something like: > > I think, {makce'a} is enough... > > For railgun/coilgun used as weapon, it would be {makcelxa'i}. Ah, good point; forgot you might want a non-weapon version. I like having the material of the slugs specified, but I suppose it's hard to magnetically launch non-metal things. > > $x_1 = c_1$ is a railgun/magnetically launched metal slug > > throwing weapon for use against x2 by x3; weapon fires metallic > > object(s) j1 using magnetic ojbect(s) m1 > > > > j2 and m2 are dropped due to being mostly useless. > > There is also coilgun that must be differed from railgun, because > its requirements are completely different. People often make > coilguns at home, but making a railgun at home is not very wise, > because it is dangerous more than useful. You just can't take it > outside, I guess. :) > > Is there a word for coil or gauss? Not for the Gauss; you'd have to come up with a Lujvo for kg * s^-2 * A^-1. :-) For "coil" there is clupe, djine and sarlu, depending on what you mean, exactly. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/