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Re: technical/scientific lujvo (Jorge)



--- In lojban@yahoogroups.com, Jorge "Llambías" <
jjllambias2000@y...> wrote:
> 
> > derglamatra (m1=g1=d1 is a geothermal station powering 
m2)
> 
<snip>
> I think I would have used {terdi} rather than {dertu} 
> for the last one, though.

x1 is the Earth/the home planet of race x2; (adjective:) x1 is 
terrestrial/earthbound

vs.

x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of dirt/soil/earth/ground from 
source x2 of composition x3

Yeah, I think terdi is probably better. I think some geothermal 
scientists aspire to dig past the crust and retrieve the heat in the 
magma, which is past the jurisidiction of dertu.

tedglamatra