Hi :) Ok, so "Lim" does mean limits but just isn't short for the English word "limits".
Also it's a generic term and NOT specifically about 1 type of limits, such as either just the upper or just the lower ones. 2 of us did an internet search for the pedantically correct term = "limes" and got stuff about fruit and rocks but nothing about Calculus. When i did another search and made it clear that "limes" was Latin rather than English i got a few hits but nothing hugely useful. Searching for "limits" did get a ton of useful results that normal users might find useful if they were doing their own research outside of the LO help guides. So i am not quite sure about how useful it was to be pedantic because it just added confusion when we were really just searching for a practical answer but it is interesting to find the roots of words, so thanks for that :) Regards from Tom ) On 5 January 2014 10:14, Martin Srebotnjak <mi...@filmsi.net> wrote: > Tom, > > lim in equations all over the world means limes, which in plain English is > "limit", in Slovenian "meja" etc. > What's not clear? > > Lp, m. > > > 2014/1/5 Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi :) >> Thanks for pointing out my error. So Olivier was correct with "limes" >> and Anne-ology gave a good indication of the root of the word. Is >> there any chance of pointing out the correct interpretation of "Lim"? >> If "lim" doesn't mean limit then what does it mean? >> >> http://www.latin-dictionary.net/definition/25695/limes-limitis >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes >> >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> On 4 January 2014 20:37, Martin Srebotnjak <mi...@filmsi.net> wrote: >> > Tom, >> > >> > "lim" is an international mathematical symbol for "limes" (Latin), not >> > for >> > "limit" (English). >> > The notation "lim" was not "invented" by an American, but by a German - >> > Karl >> > Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass. >> > >> > So by writing it is "short for "Limit"" and shortened in this way >> > because it >> > is "written so many times and often in tiny writing" you just made my >> > day >> > (or should I say evening?). >> > >> > Lp, m. >> > >> > >> > 2014/1/4 Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> Hi :) >> >> In calculus "lim" is often short for "Limit" or "Limits" because the >> >> word has to be written so many times and often in tiny writing. >> >> >> >> So, i think i am agreeing with Anne-ology there :) >> >> Regards from >> >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 4 January 2014 15:44, anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Lime was a term used in surveying limits where Limit is a >> >> > mathematical term - >> >> > >> >> > well, that's how I was taught, ;-) >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > From: Thomas Hackert <thack...@nexgo.de> >> >> > Date: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:11 AM >> >> > Subject: [libreoffice-l10n] [Math] "Lime" or "Limit" >> >> > To: l10n@global.libreoffice.org >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Hello @ll, >> >> > I am not sure, if someone else has reported it the last days (sorry, >> >> > I lost track, when what was reported the last days ... :( ), but at >> >> > >> >> > <quote> >> >> > File: >> >> > >> >> > starmath/source.po >> >> > Context: >> >> > commands.src RID_LIM_FROMX_HELP string.text >> >> > Comment: >> >> > >> >> > qoyMy >> >> > </quote> >> >> > >> >> > (or >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > https://translations.documentfoundation.org/de/libo_ui/translate.html#filter=incomplete&unit=48737240 >> >> > ) >> >> > I found the words >> >> > >> >> > <quote> >> >> > Lime Subscript Bottom >> >> > </quote> >> >> > >> >> > . Is it really "Lime"? A short search in the web seems to indicate, >> >> > that this would be a sort of stone, tree etc. The mathematical term >> >> > seems to be "Limit" (though I found "Limes" as well, so I am not >> >> > completely sure here, sorry ... :( ). Could someone explain it to me >> >> > (and then it would be nice, if – given that it is an error – this >> >> > could be fixed in the English text :) ), what is used in English? >> >> > TIA >> >> > Thomas. >> >> >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> >> > Problems? >> >> > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> >> > Posting guidelines + more: >> >> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> >> > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ >> >> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot >> >> > be >> >> > deleted >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> >> Problems? >> >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> >> Posting guidelines + more: >> >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ >> >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> >> deleted >> >> >> > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
