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Re: [lojban] mansa



At 03:15 PM 6/2/02 +0000, you wrote:
I have a question about the definition of {mansa}:

mansa satisfy
     x1 satisfies evaluator x2 in property (ka)/state x3

Is the "evaluator" x1 here a person performing a judgment
or a condition like in "the variable X satisfies the equation Y"?

If x1 can be only a person what can we use in the latter example:
{mapti} (match) or {cipra} (test)?

I would use mapti for the equation example.

The words are all related, though. Given a situation or property, you might want to test (cipra) whether something matches (mapti) that situation or property, such as the variable X in your example. mansa allows for the fact that outside of mathematics, the minimal standard for passing or mapti-ing a test is at the discrimination of the person evaluating the test.

lojbab