Re: [libreoffice-l10n] [Math] "Lime" or "Limit"

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 <miles@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 <tomcecf@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 <miles@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 <tomcecf@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 <laginnis@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 <thackert@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.
> > > >
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