tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 03 17:17:10 2007
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Re: qechmey: Prism?
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: qechmey: Prism?
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:16:19 EDT
In a message dated 8/3/2007 6:57:04 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> > > (Yes, I know {buS} "concentrate on, focus on,
> > think only about" is the
> > > wrong type of "focus", but I can't think of
> > anything else this morning.)
> > >
> >
> > It may not be the wrong type of focus/concentrate.
> > We don't know, right?
> >
>
> But there are strong grounds for suspicion. A prism
> doesn't concentrate or focus *on* light (or on
> anything else, for that matter). The inclusion of the
> preposition seems to restrict the word exclusively to
> mental activity.
>
> mI'qey
>
A prism doesn't concentrate or focus at all. It does the opposite. I was
thinking more of lenses in general, and convex ones in particular. But you're
right about the gloss. It does seem to limit the possibilities more than I
first thought.
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