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Re: 3960p01.dat, "CYLINDER??? Radar Dish 4 x 4 - Red/Green Petals"
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Sun, 7 Jan 2001 14:13:41 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> > 
> > So.... What would be the CATEGORY for this part, then?
> > "Radar Dish"?  ;-)  Or "Cylinder"?  (As in "Cylinder Radar Dish...")
> > If we're gonna do it, how 'bout we get started now?
> > (A new year, a new beginning... :-)
> 
> "Spherical section"? It's not a cylinder except at the edges
> and Radar Dish is a usage, not a description of shape the way
> "modified plate" is, for example.

OK, how about "Parabolic Dish"?  That is the (mathematical) description
of its form, without referring to its usage.

Franklin



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  Re: 3960p01.dat, "CYLINDER??? Radar Dish 4 x 4 - Red/Green Petals"
 
(...) "Spherical section"? It's not a cylinder except at the edges and Radar Dish is a usage, not a description of shape the way "modified plate" is, for example. I am not sure we can cause things to change easily. But if we can, we should get it (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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