Little known fact: no object prior to the invention of the clock had ever rotated before, so words for this before then were not required~~~
On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 08:09:52PM +0300, firewalker wrote: > How about before clocks? :P :P :P > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 7/18/2017 12:26 PM, firewalker wrote: > > > > > > > > > This probably should be left to the knowledge of the translators > > rather > > > than try to come up with an English string that works in all cases > > > (which is doubtful). I would think someone translating "clockwise" > > and > > > "counter clockwise" to Greek would use your "rightwise" and > > "leftwise" > > > translations. I'm assuming that is how the direction of a clock's > > > movement is defined in Greek. > > > > > > > > > This is correct. We rarely use the clock's hands to indicate direction > > > of rotation. > > > > > > We say that the hands of a clocks move in a righwise manner. Αcording to > > the > > > Right-Hand rule. How someone describes the movements of the clock in > > > English? > > > > English is just as described above, "clockwise" and "counter clockwise". > > This is why translation is tricky. The Greek should be translated into > > the words for "rightwise" and "leftwise" you proposed rather than the > > more wordy definition that you defined that is the literal meaning of > > "clockwise" and "counter clockwise". > > > > > I guess using Chirality? Left-Handiness and Right-Handiness? So > > > Left-hand and > > > Right-hand rotation? :D :D :D > > > > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
