Re: [lojban] black boxes

[Richard Curnow <richard@rrbcurnow.freeuk.com>]

My efforts FWIW ...

On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 01:30:04PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> "black box" in English has at least three meanings:
> 1. black box (xekri tanxe)

    lo xekri tanxe

> 2. a recorder in an airplane (narju tanxe, some sort of vreji)

    lo veizba be fi lo vijdatni

> 3. a device whose internals are unknown.

    lo vasru be lo tolsau

There are probably other meanings similar to 1 but for other uses of the
word 'box'.  e.g. there might be a piece of equipment used in cricket
which would be a "xekri ke plibu bandu".

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