Re: [lojban] Re: nuts

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 07:01:56AM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I don't understand the official definition: x1 is a screw [fastener]
> for purpose x2, threads [pitch, material] x3, frame [size, material]
> x4
>
> I'd expect one place for the pitch, one for the diameter, and one for
> the material. What's the "frame"?

Screws fasten two things together, generally a solid, immobile thing to
a light, mobile thing.  The frame would presumably be the immobile
thing.

I could be full of it, of course.

-Robin

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