Andrew Sieber:
>Actually, I just remembered that there was something I wanted to ask: in
>English, completely different words are used to refer to physical
>phenomena and the units used to measure them. For example, the unit of
>measurement of electrical current is the ampere, and the unit for length
>or distance is the meter (or yard, etc). There are only a few
>exceptions, such as the volt, which measures voltage. How is this
>handled in Lojban?
{lo xampo} is an electrical current, by default of one ampere, {lo mitre}
is something that can be measured in meters, by default measuring
one meter, and so on. So, yes, the unit uses the same word as the
measured object.
> I assume that whatever name is used, the same base
>quantities are used that are used internationally, such as is the case
>for metric prefixes, where "kilto" means "kilo".
Yes, for example:
ki'ogra (kilto grake) g1 (g2=k1) k2
x1 is x2 kilograms in mass
I don't really know what to do about the x3 of kilto. I would say,
for example
li cinonono kilto li ci
3000 is a thousand 3
but in what dimension? How is the x3 of kilto used?
co'o mi'e xorxes