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Re: stero

la markl. cusku di'e:

> What does {stero} mean?  The gi'uste gives the English gloss
> as "steradian".  Unfortunately, neither I nor my dictionaries
> know what "steradian" means.  What does "steradian" mean?

It is the measure of 3-dimensional angles, corresponding to
"radian" as the measure of 2-dimensional angles.  There are pi/2,
or is it 2pi, radians in 360 degrees, but I forget how
steradians are measured, and anyhow....

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