(I hate-await)

latro'a and I devised a sys= tem for making arbitrary units in Lojban. Our system involves making a zi'e= vla for every unit you want, and defining it using a special kind of tanru.= Working under the assumption that XI+PA forms #FREE, we created two experi= mental cmavo: {pi'ai} (KE) and {te'ai} (XI).

{pi'ai} is used as a prefix to indicate that the unit-s= elbri are being multiplied to form a new unit selbri. {te'ai} is used after= a unit selbri to exponentiate it.

We can easily create the units= for velocity, m*s^-1, with this system as follows:

1) prefix the tanru with pi'ai; {pi'ai ...}*

2) determine th= e unit selbri that we need: {mitre} and {snidu}; {pi'ai mitre snidu}*

3) exponentiate accordingly; {pi'ai mitre snidu te'ai ni'u pa}

Because this new unit tanru is long, we need to make up= a brivla for it based on its components ideally. To indicate that it was c= reated with this method, we decided that prefixing it with pi'air- might be= a good idea, but perhaps that the prefix can be dropped contextually.

{pi'airtredilsnidu =3D x1 measures x2 metres per second= (by standard x3)}

=3D pi'ai mitre snidu te'ai ni'u pa

Some of you may hate this system, and that's okay. It's not = like I approve of everything everyone does either.

I hate this system just because you have to create new = zi'evla every time you use a new formula (yes, just like in natlangs!).

But speed is just "Length/time". Just a simple formula.

I wish someone could say here

Entia non sunt multip= licanda praeter necessitatem.

(entities should not be multipl= ied needlessly).

i.e. i wish someone could e= xpress Length/time, not speed in a concise way.

An example of defining the Newton:

{.i lo ka = pi'airniutni cu ka ce'u pi'ai ki'ogra mitre snidu te'ai ni'u re ce'u ce'u}<= /div>

I've been using {mitre} as a simplification for di= splacement. Obviously, I'd need to construct some unit selbri for displacem= ent, then use that in these definitions above to get vectors.

.i mi'e la tsani mu'o

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