tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 27 09:55:04 2004
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more vector questions
- From: "De'vID jonwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: more vector questions
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:54:21 -0500
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This is kind of a follow-up to my previous post about vectors and
<DonHa'>...
Now I'm looking for words for "velocity" and "acceleration". So
we have <Do> for "velocity", although the translations of
<qughDo> and <gho'Do> would lead me to believe that the word
really means "speed". (In physics, "velocity" is a vector quantity
while "speed" is scalar, although in "everyday usage", "velocity"
is often used interchangeably with "speed".) But in a physics
context it seems quite appropriate. So far so good.
I'm also looking for a word for "acceleration". We do have <chung>
"accelerate", but I'm looking for a noun. i.e. <ghoS> is to <Do>
as <chung> is to...? Suggestions?
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De'vID
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