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Spanish:

Velocity =3D velocidad
Speed =3D rapidez

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:31:30 AM UTC-5, Pierre Abbat wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 01:03:15 la gleki wrote:=20
> > what is the word for "velocity" after all?=20
> > dont tell me it's {nilsutra}=20
> > velocity=3Dlength/time=20
>
> English, at least, distinguishes velocity (a vector) from speed (a=20
> scalar).=20
> French has both words (v=C3=A9locit=C3=A9/vitesse); Spanish has just the =
one.=20
>
> There is an economic term "velocity". Economic velocity has dimensions of=
=20
> inverse time; it is the amount of money changing hands in unit time=20
> divided by=20
> the total amount in circulation. We should have a different word for this=
=20
> than=20
> for length/time.=20
>
> We could use a lujvo "muvnilsutra" and another "cajnilsutra". Or maybe we=
=20
> should use a fu'ivla. In the six source languages (from Wiktionary):=20
> English: velocity=20
> Chinese: =E9=80=9F=E5=BA=A6 (s=C3=B9d=C3=B9)=20
> Spanish: velocidad=20
> Arabic: ?=20
> Russian: =D1=81=D0=BA=D0=BE=D1=80=D0=BE=D1=81=D1=82=D1=8C=20
> Hindi: ?=20
> There's a Maltese word, but it's obviously from Italian, not Arabic.=20
>
> If we want to distinguish the scalar from the vector, we could say=20
> "li'urnilsutra" for the scalar and "muvnilsutra" for the vector, since=20
> "muvdu"=20
> has origin and destination, and "litru" doesn't.=20
>
> Pierre=20
> --=20
> .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do=20
> .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga=20
> .icu'u la ma'atman.=20
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Spanish:<br><br>Velocity =3D velocidad<br>Speed =3D rapidez<br><br>On Tuesd=
ay, January 29, 2013 8:31:30 AM UTC-5, Pierre Abbat wrote:<blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #cc=
c solid;padding-left: 1ex;">On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 01:03:15 la gleki =
wrote:
<br>&gt; what is the word for "velocity" after all?
<br>&gt; dont tell me it's {nilsutra}
<br>&gt; velocity=3Dlength/time
<br>
<br>English, at least, distinguishes velocity (a vector) from speed (a scal=
ar).=20
<br>French has both words (v=C3=A9locit=C3=A9/vitesse); Spanish has just th=
e one.
<br>
<br>There is an economic term "velocity". Economic velocity has dimensions =
of=20
<br>inverse time; it is the amount of money changing hands in unit time div=
ided by=20
<br>the total amount in circulation. We should have a different word for th=
is than=20
<br>for length/time.
<br>
<br>We could use a lujvo "muvnilsutra" and another "cajnilsutra". Or maybe =
we=20
<br>should use a fu'ivla. In the six source languages (from Wiktionary):
<br>English: velocity
<br>Chinese: =E9=80=9F=E5=BA=A6 (s=C3=B9d=C3=B9)
<br>Spanish: velocidad
<br>Arabic: ?
<br>Russian: =D1=81=D0=BA=D0=BE=D1=80=D0=BE=D1=81=D1=82=D1=8C
<br>Hindi: ?
<br>There's a Maltese word, but it's obviously from Italian, not Arabic.
<br>
<br>If we want to distinguish the scalar from the vector, we could say=20
<br>"li'urnilsutra" for the scalar and "muvnilsutra" for the vector, since =
"muvdu"=20
<br>has origin and destination, and "litru" doesn't.
<br>
<br>Pierre
<br>--=20
<br>.i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do
<br>.ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
<br>.icu'u la ma'atman.
<br>
<br></blockquote>

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