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Subject: Re: [lojban] periodic table moved
In-Reply-To: <0108182227030B.01556@neofelis> from Pierre Abbat at "Aug 18, 2001
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Pierre Abbat scripsit:

> Since the element and the atomic number are in the same place, how do you say 
> "the atomic number of the element"?

With some other selbri. :-)

Seriously, the point here is that x2 can be filled either with an element,
or with a pure number which is interpreted as an atomic number.

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