Subject: Re: [lojban] involute

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 01:01:21 +0000

la pier cusku di'e

>What is the Lojban for involute? The word means "the curve traced by
>unwinding"; e.g. if you wind a string around a circle, then unwind it 
>holding
>it taut, the curve the end traces is the involute of the circle.

I don't know about the name for the curve, but how do we say
"wind" and "unwind" in Lojban? Maybe something like {tagrurgau}
and {to'e tagrurgau}?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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