[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Lojban ML: Syllogism and sophism
la veion cusku di'e
> At least in Finnish, I have often seen a suitable idiomatic usage (used
> e.g. for wind speeds)
>
> 20 sekuntimetri"a = 20 second meters for 20 m/s
>
> which would give us (dropping m4)
>
> nidytre x1 is x2 in meters per second in direction x3
Yes, I like it.
> and, generalizing,
>
> nidnidytre x1 is x2 in meters per second per second in direction
x3
Right. The problem is what to do with something like Kgm (kilograms
times meters). If simple adposition means division, (which is reasonable,
because lots of compound units are obtained like that) then how do we
represent the product of two units?
co'o mi'e xorxes