Re: [lojban] Direction of Rotation

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:

On Friday 10 August 2012 16:02:46 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> > On Friday 10 August 2012 03:32:53 la .lindar. wrote:
> > > What sort of thing would you put in the x3 of carna that would seem
> >
> > valid.
> >
> > lo terdi cu carna lo jendu lo berti .i lo junla cu carna lo jendu lo
> > bitmu .i
> > lo xislu be lo karce cu carna lo jendu lo zunle be lo karce
> >
> > mu'omi'e .pier.
>
> Those examples don't work, because in each of them you give a reference
> point for the x3, and in none of them do you give a direction. (That said,
> if carna's definition was the one I talked ab out last night, all of them
> would be perfect examples.)

The direction is from the clock, along its axis, into the wall, which
corresponds to a direction of rotation by the convention of holding the right
hand so that its thumb is along the axis and the other fingers curl in the
direction of rotation.

No, that's not what I mean. You don't specify which direction the objects are rotating. The "direction" you're talking about is the reference point.

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