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[lojban] railgun



Just wondering (nowhere to write, nothing here to call). Is there a word 
for railgun yet? Not mentioning the ones in games, but the real thing.

As there's already a word for "gun" - {seldanti}, it could be 
{garyseldanti} - "rail gun".
But as the thing is not really a weapon, and the word is long, it is 
better to call it {garnace'a} - "rail launcher".

It is fast enough (can't be made slow, AFAIR, it will brake if so) to be 
called launcher...

Still you can't then say "launcher of rails"?! Or does {cecla} work for 
things those are not launching at the moment?

As full, railgun is an elecromagnetic mass accelerator. It could be too 
long a lujvo for it. :)



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