Re: [lojban] What is the x3 of tubnu?

[Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

+1 to Jacob's version, "contents/containing". "Inner material x3"
could be construed to mean the material of the tube's interior
surface. "Hollow of x3" implies the material that was carved out in
order to form the tube.

-Eppcott

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think that Bob's definition makes {tubnu} much more useful.
> As for a rewording, why not something like:
> x1 is a length of tubing/pipe/hollow cylinder [shape/form] of outer material
> x2, with contents/containing x3.
>
> mu'o mi'e la tsani
>
>
> On 13 June 2012 16:41, djandus <jandew@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:22:58 AM UTC-5, lojbab wrote:
>>>
>>> I was trying to word it to obtain a more generalized concept - one that
>>> would allow us to consider an insulated wire to be a tube or insulation
>>> with a copper (or other conductor) as the filling (or alternatively, the
>>> electric current might be considered the "filling", though this is
>>> stretching the concept).
>>
>>
>> I kind of like this idea -- and I can see how it applies to the current
>> definition, unedited. (That is, "hollow" can be a noun referring to the
>> hollow space itself.) The definition should definitely be reworded, though.
>> How about:
>>
>> x1 is a length of tubing/pipe/hollow cylinder [shape/form]
>> of outer material x2, of inner material x3.
>>
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