Re: [lojban] Re: round numbers

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

On Friday 13 October 2006 20:41, Nora LeChevalier wrote:
> At 12:29 PM 10/13/2006, Pierre wrote:
> >There are two related meanings of "round numbers", neither of which has
> >anything to do with round wheels:
> >1. Replace numbers with the closest multiples of some number.
> >2. Numbers whose prime factors are all small.
> >How do you say this in Lojban?
> >
> >Pierre
>
> For #1, how about one of these:
>          ji'i zei namcu
>          jibni namcu
>          nalsatci namcu

Actually in #1 "round" is a verb. I was thinking of something involving 
{satci}, but a number can be nalsatci je jibni without being rounded. For 
instance if I convert kilometers to miles with li fi'u, it's an 
approximation, but being irrational it is in no way rounded.

Pierre