Don't you mean Acta Antivitrifica? James
On Nov 15, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Boaz Shaanan wrote: > And then change the name of the journals to Acta Anticrystallographica A-E > > Boaz > > > Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D. > Dept. of Life Sciences > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > Beer-Sheva 84105 > Israel > > E-mail: bshaa...@bgu.ac.il > Phone: 972-8-647-2220 Skype: boaz.shaanan > Fax: 972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710 > > > > > From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of George > Sheldrick [gshe...@shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:35 PM > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] vitrification vs freezing > > As usual, Wikipedia has it right: "The antifreeze capabilities of ethylene > glycol have made it an important component of vitrification > (anticrystallization) mixtures .." > > Perhaps we should call it anticrystallization? > > George > > On 11/15/2012 09:15 PM, James Stroud wrote: >> >> On Nov 15, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Tim Gruene wrote: >>> I have heard this discussion before and reminds me of people claiming >>> strawberries were nuts - which botanically may be correct, but would >>> still not make me complain about strawberries in a fruit cake I >>> ordered at a restaurant. >>> >>> My Pengiun English Dictionary states (amongst other explanations) >>> freeze: "to make extremely cold", >> Tim's comment strikes at the heart of the problem. >> >> I think the scientific community should decide a few points. >> >> 1. What is the approved language and dialect for science? >> 2. Within this dialect, what should be the authoritative dictionary? >> 3. Will we allow use of definitions that are not the primary definition >> (second, third, fourth). >> 4. Will we allow the use of homonyms? >> 5. If not, which homonyms should prevail? >> >> These are all very important questions if we completely disregard context in >> writing. >> >> James >> > > > -- > Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS > Dept. Structural Chemistry, > University of Goettingen, > Tammannstr. 4, > D37077 Goettingen, Germany > Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 > Fax. +49-551-39-22582 > >
