Regarding the below, it doesn't seem to be c= orrect.

That is, your example looks to be "(m*s)^-1", not = "m*(s^-1)".

I could be reading it wrong, of course.
Also, what's the terminator? {ke'e}?

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at= 8:50 AM, Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com> wrote:

latro'a and I devised a system for maki= ng arbitrary units in Lojban. Our system involves making a zi'evla 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 experimental c= mavo: {pi'ai} (KE) and {te'ai} (XI).

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

We can easily create t= he units for velocity, m*s^-1, with this system as follows:=A0

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

2) dete= rmine the unit selbri that we need: {mitre} and {snidu}; {pi'ai mitre s= nidu}*

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- migh= t be a good idea, but perhaps that the prefix can be dropped contextually.<= /div>

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

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

Some of you may hate this system, and that&#= 39;s okay. It's not like I approve of everything everyone does either.<= /div>

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}

I've been usin= g {mitre} as a simplification for displacement. Obviously, I'd need to = construct some unit selbri for displacement, then use that in these definit= ions above to get vectors.

.i mi'e la tsani mu'o

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