[lojban] Re: railgun

[John E Clifford <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

--- Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 May 2005 07:00, Aleksej R.
> Serdyukov wrote:
> > There is also coilgun that must be differed
> from railgun, because its
> > requirements are completely different. People
> often make coilguns at
> > home, but making a railgun at home is not
> very wise, because it is
> > dangerous more than useful. You just can't
> take it outside, I guess. :)
> >
> > Is there a word for coil or gauss?
> 
> Try {sarlu}.

As basic for a compound?  I suppose it is not the
shape but the thing of that shape, with some
electrical function, that is needed.