[lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 10/26/07, Penguino <spheniscine@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Geodesic is a little more difficult - my dictionary gives 测地线 for "geodesic
> line". 地 = ground,

Can it also be used for the earth? Because that's what the geo- part
of geodesic means.

> 线 = line, but 测 is a new word to me. The dictionary gives
> for 测:
> 1. side
> 2. to lean
> 3. to survey
> 4. to measure
> 5. conjecture
>
> Obviously quite an ambiguous word.

The "-desic" of "geodesic" is ultimately from the Greek for "divide", so
"survey" or "measure" must be the ones that apply.

I think Pierre's proposed {bolsfesirji}, or eventually just {bolsirji} is quite
reasonable for a geodesic of a sphere.

bol- is relevant both for "geodesic" and for "dome", but
{bol(sfe)sirji bol(di'u)dru} for "geodesic dome" sounds a bit redundant.
You can probably shorten it to {bolsirji drudi} or even {bolsirdru}.

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