Re: TECH: panra/simsa

["Robert J. Chassell" <bob@GRACKLE.STOCKBRIDGE.MA.US>]

I think of parallel lines and other parallels as being mutually
reflexive entities.  Most often, the parallel entities are of the same
kind: two boats, two sets of laws, two lines.  The entities being
described all fit in first place.

{simsa}, on the other hand, is well defined as is (no one is
suggesting a change).  {simsa} would more often be used to compare
entities of differing kind: boat to house, monarchy to business,
sphere to line.

Here is a definition:

        panra              parallel
            x1 (more than one entity) are similar to/parallel to each
            other in characteristic x2, differing only in property x3
            (ka; jo'u/fa'u term)

Here are some examples:

    le ci bloti cu panra  lo ni mitre vau lo ni junta
    The three boats are similar in length, differing in weight.


    lo flalu be fi la frikos e la bemros e la ketcos cu panra
    lo nu valsi vau lo li'i smuni
    The laws of Africa and North and South America are
    similar in the event of words,
    differing in the experience of meaning/interpretation.

Parallel lines:

    lo na'e cimni linji cu panra lo ni sepli vau
    lo ni mitre
    The other-than-infinite lines are similar in gap/interval/separation,
    differing in length.

    lo cimni linji cu panra lo ni sepli
    The infinite lines are similar in gap/interval/separation.

Great circles:

    lo bardysruri cu panra lo li'i simxu kruca
    Great encirculars are similar in mutually intersecting.

{simsa} does not change:

        simsa     smi      similar
            x1 is similar to/like x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni)

    lo bloti cu simsa lo dinju lo ka zdani
    A boat is similar to a building in the property of nest-ness.

    Robert J. Chassell               bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu
    Rattlesnake Mountain Road        bob@grackle.stockbridge.ma.us
    Stockbridge, MA 01262-0693 USA   (413) 298-4724

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Here are some of the cmavo and gismu used above:

ka        NU    property abstract
                  abstractor: property/quality abstractor (-ness); x1 is
                  quality/property exhibited by [bridi]

li'i      NU    experience abstract
                  abstractor: experience abstractor; x1 is x2's
                  experience of [bridi] (participant or observer)

ni        NU    amount abstract
                  abstractor: quantity/amount abstractor; x1 is
                  quantity/amount of [bridi] measured on scale x2

nu        NU    event abstract
                  abstractor: generalized event abstractor; x1 is
                  state/process/achievement/activity of [bridi]

bloti lot blo lo'i boat
                x1 is a boat/ship [vehicle] for carrying x2 %% 7f 33

mitre     tre      meter
                x1 is x2 meter(s) [metric] in length (default is 1)
                measured in direction x3 by standard x4 %% af 0

flalu     fla      law
                x1 is a law specifying x2 (state/event) for community x3
                under conditions x4 by lawgiver x5 %% 8d 5
                  (cf. javni)

sepli sep     sei  apart                'separate'
                x1 is apart/separate from x2, separated by
                partition/wall/gap/interval/separating medium x3 %% 6f 47
                  (cf. bitmu, snuji, senta)

linji lij     li'i line
                x1 is a line/among lines [1-dimensional shape/form] defined
                by set of points x2 %% 9b 10

cimni              infinite
                x1 is infinite/unending/eternal in property/dimension x2,
                to degree x3 (quantity)/of type x3 %% al 17

barda     bra      big                  'large'
                x1 is big/large in property/dimension(s) x2 (ka) as
                compared with standard/norm x3; (cf. banli) %% 1e 318

djine jin          ring
                x1 is a ring/annulus/torus/circle [shape/form] of material
                x2, inside diam. x3, outside diam. x4 %% 9b 6

sruri rur sru      surround
                x1 encircles/encloses/is surrounding x2 in
                direction(s)/dimension(s)/plane x3; (cf. se nenri) %% 7j 12
                  (also cf. se jbini, bartu) [near total containment in
                  some dimension(s)]

simxu sim     si'u mutual
                x1 (set) has members who mutually/reciprocally x2 (event
                [x1 should be reflexive in 1+ sumti]) %% 7j 49

kruca kuc          intersect            'cross'
                x1 intersects/crosses x2 at locus x3 %% 5d 31