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- From: fischer@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca (Phil Fischer)
- Subject: Re: Know an adjective for black holes?
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- In article <12NOV199210275214@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> batchelor@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Dave Batchelor, Space Phys. Data Facil. 301/286-2988) writes:
- >
- >We can always make one up. For example, in geology, a spherical cavity in a
- >rock is known as a vesicle. The word 'vesicle' has French origins, so we
- >could prefix it with a French word part meaning black, convert it to an
- >adjective, and voila!
- >
- >Negrivesicular: adj. pertaining to a black hole
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- >Dr. Dave Batchelor Space Science Data Operations Office Mail Code 632
- >NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt MD 20771 USA
- >batchelor@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
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- Except that the French word fro black is noire.
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