[jbovlaste] Re: spring

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 23 September 2009 12:11:31 tijlan wrote:
> 2009/9/23 Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>:
> > On Wednesday 23 September 2009 10:51:15 tijlan wrote:
> >> Yes, i had thought about these two. But i realized "punsarlu" could
> >> also mean "tornado" (which is an elastic spiral thing), and "punkro"
> >> "paperclip" (which is an elastic crooked thing).
> >
> > Tornado?? I thought that was konbi'e.
>
> Using "brife" is obviously more appropriate for "tornado". What i want
> to say though is that "punsarlu" cannot exclude "tornado", which is a
> spiral thing capable of stretching and shrinking.

I thought that you had a different meaning of "tornado" in mind than any I 
knew.

> > As to a paperclip, it is a sort of
> > spring too. There are coil springs and leaf springs, so why not
> > bent-back-to-hold-things springs?
>
> I see. But considering the definition "an elastic object used to store
> mechanical energy", it may be better to use "torni", the x2 of which
> can be the stored energy, instead of "korcu", which lacks such a
> terbri.

Some springs twist; others stretch. "tcena" has yet another place structure.

Pierre