Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:18 AM, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: Which countries specifically speak of liters per 100 km?. Here's a start point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_automobiles#Units_of_measure Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread SS
On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 08:46 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: The length/height of the column is exactly the distance the car travels. The area referred to above gives the other two dimensions. That is the problem. If there are 3 dimensions, it is not area If the column has a length/height as

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
The reverse for cars and bikes, mileage in kmpl (kilometers per liter) is the usual answer to kitna deti hai?. Curiously enough no one says kilometrage. --srs (iPad) On 23-Feb-2014, at 11:18, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 10:45 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: While it

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread gabin kattukaran
On 23 February 2014 11:26, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: That is the problem. If there are 3 dimensions, it is not area If the column has a length/height as well as another two dimensions it is not an area, but a 3D structure. In terms of units, what Charles wrote is perfectly correct, it is

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
On 23 February 2014 11:26, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: Imagine a car with a fuel scoop continuously sucking up fuel as it drove. The area above is the diameter of the column of fuel it would have to suck up in order to be just enough to keep moving. A column of fuel with some area

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread SS
On Sun, 2014-02-23 at 11:48 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: Consider the cross sectional area of the column to be the minimum amount of fuel that the vehicle consumes to move an infinitesimal distance. To do this, the vehicle consumes a sliver/wafer of fuel. In reality, this area would probably

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread gabin kattukaran
On 23 February 2014 12:44, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: So does this real world area represent the area occupied by a one molecule thick layer of fuel needed to make the car travel some unit distance? As far as I can figure out it does. Pretty much. :) -gabin -- They pay me to think...

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread SS
On Sun, 2014-02-23 at 13:07 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: On 23 February 2014 12:44, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: So does this real world area represent the area occupied by a one molecule thick layer of fuel needed to make the car travel some unit distance? As far as I can figure out it

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread gabin kattukaran
On 23 February 2014 13:13, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: If that is correct, what is the real world significance of the unit km/l which can be broken down to the reciprocal of area - i.e. 1/area I'm trying to get my head around that as well. I suspect that it is only a matter of perspective but