"No Spam Mapson" wrote:
The OED cites the following use of metric as a noun:
1921 Proc. R. Soc. A. XCIX. 104 "In the non-Euclidean
geometry of Riemann, the metric is defined by certain quantities ...
>>>
>>> A good example of bad usage: *what* metric, *what* q
>>> The OED cites the following use of metric as a noun:
>>> 1921 Proc. R. Soc. A. XCIX. 104 "In the non-Euclidean
>>> geometry of Riemann, the metric is defined by certain quantities ...
>>
>> A good example of bad usage: *what* metric, *what* quantities?
>> The reader sho
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neville X. Elliven) writes:
> Herman Rubin wrote:
>
>> The OED cites the following use of metric as a noun:
>> 1921 Proc. R. Soc. A. XCIX. 104 "In the non-Euclidean
>> geometry of Riemann, the metric is defined by certain quantities ...
>
> A good example o
Herman Rubin wrote:
>The OED cites the following use of metric as a noun:
>1921 Proc. R. Soc. A. XCIX. 104 "In the non-Euclidean
>geometry of Riemann, the metric is defined by certain quantities . .
A good example of bad usage: *what* metric, *what* quantities?
The reade
"Robert J. MacG. Dawson" wrote:
> Actually, there *is* essentially one canonical metric function on
> Riemannian geometry. In either model of absolute geometry there is, up
> to a multiplicative constant, only one metric preserved by reflection.
> In hyperbolic geometry, moreover, ther
Emord Nila Palindrome wrote:
> It is certainly bad usage, for the following reason: the phrase,
> "the metric", implies that there is *one* metric function on
> Riemannian geometry, which is false. This reason has nothing
> to do with distance measure in general, as commonly understood,
> or o
The phrase 'the metric' is being used here to signify the type of its
class. This is perfectly ordinary usage, with no implication that
there is only one member of the class.
E.g. "The pen is mightier than the sword."
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 03:09:55 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neville X.
Elliven) wro
In article <9ogurt$d79tc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Neville X. Elliven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Herman Rubin wrote:
The OED cites the following use of metric as a noun:
1921 Proc. R. Soc. A. XCIX. 104 "In the non-Euclidean
geometry of Riemann, the metric is defined by certain quantities .
Herman Rubin wrote:
>>>The OED cites the following use of metric as a noun:
>>>1921 Proc. R. Soc. A. XCIX. 104 "In the non-Euclidean
>>>geometry of Riemann, the metric is defined by certain quantities . .
>
>>A good example of bad usage: *what* metric, *what* quantities?
>>The reader should not
In article <9nh0a7$7brv4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Neville X. Elliven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Richard Wright wrote:
>>On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 04:33:44 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>(Neville X. Elliven) wrote:
>>I don't feel that the practise (where the adjective takes the place
>>of the adjective + noun) i
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:17:54 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neville X.
Elliven) wrote:
>Context?
1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1379/1 At hir being in Cambridge .
. thus did an academike write in praise of the forenamed earle.
1671 Milton P.R. iv. 277 Mellifluous streames that watered all the
scho
Richard Wright wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 04:33:44 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(Neville X. Elliven) wrote:
>
>I don't feel that the practise (where the adjective takes the place
>of the adjective + noun) is regrettable. This is one of the ways by
>which languages evolve into conciseness.
Wrong, Wri
> As for the other examples, 'professional' as a noun was good enough
> for Dickens. Milton (1671) uses 'academic' as a noun.
And Shakespeare, "mechanical".
-Robert Dawson
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 04:33:44 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neville X.
Elliven) wrote:
I don't feel that the practise (where the adjective takes the place of
the adjective + noun) is regrettable. This is one of the ways by which
languages evolve into conciseness.
Anyway, it is a bit late to be regretti
i think some of the posts about what "metric" as a noun means are going a
bit beyond reality and trying to inculcate nuances that just don't have to be
sure, there is the metric system ... where the term metric is a specific
adjective to system ... but, the KEY term there is system
which does
Stephen Dubin wrote:
>I often see (and use) the term "metric" as a particular kind of
>measure. However, I have had difficulty in finding a clear definition.
>This is made more difficult because of the more common use of
>"metric" as an adjective denoting the system of measurement units.
>Please
"Metric" as a noun is well established, though I sense that it's being
used in this way more frequently than before.
Check some dictionaries. A very good one online is
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary , which gives 3 definitions for
the noun; the one you're referring to sounds like "2 : a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dubinse) writes:
> I often see (and use) the term "metric" as a particular kind of
> measure. However, I have had difficulty in finding a clear definition.
> This is made more difficult because of the more common use of
> "metric" as an adjective denoting the system of measurem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>I often see (and use) the term "metric" as a particular kind of
>measure. However, I have had difficulty in finding a clear definition.
>This is made more difficult because of the more common use of
>"metric" as an adjective denoting the system of measurement units.
>P
I often see (and use) the term "metric" as a particular kind of
measure. However, I have had difficulty in finding a clear definition.
This is made more difficult because of the more common use of
"metric" as an adjective denoting the system of measurement units.
Please tell me what I mean when I
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