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Re: OT: coins and currency (was: [Theory] Types of numerals)

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Sunday, January 8, 2006, 3:17
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Johansson <andjo@F...> wrote:

>The original meaning is apparently "comparatively long along one >axis", which is close enough to how I'd use it. The archetypical >oblong shapes would be ovals and whatever the 3D shape you get if
you >rotate an oval around its longest axis is called. American Heritage Dictionary: 1) Having a long dimension, especially having one of two perpendicular dimensions, as length or width, greater than the other, elongated. 2) Having the shape of or resembling a rectangle or an ellipse. I don't think that solves anything!! It seems as though definition one would fit shapes like a lozenge. BTW, the shape one gets when rotating an oval around its longest axis is called a watermelon. Charlie http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur

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