Re: Eijiro: quirky or wrong?

From: Kevin Gowen (kgowenNOSPAM_at_myfastmail.com)
Date: 02/27/05


Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:51:40 -0500

necoandjeff wrote:
> Kevin Gowen wrote:
>
>>necoandjeff wrote:
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>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>jim_breen@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> dixit:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I just checked EDICT. $B$F$3$-(B is missing. It means "hand job".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hmm. Yes. Usually $B<j%3%-(B according to Google.
>>>>>
>>>>>Etymology anyone? Is the $B%3%-(B from $B8F5$(B?
>>>>
>>>>As others have said, from $B07$/(B. You may also be familiar with the
>>>>related expression $B0lH/$rH4$/!#(B
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>FAB = -FBA
>>>>It's not just a good idea; it's the law.
>>>
>>>
>>>Okay, I'll bite, what the hell does your sig mean?
>>
>>It's Newton's Third Law of Motion. If a body A exerts a force FAB on a
>>body B, then B exerts a force FBA on A
>
>
> I'll bet it is equal and opposite too.

You would be correct, sir, as is conveyed by the formula. For example,
when a book weighing one pound is at rest on a table, the table is
pushing up on the book with one pound of force.

- Kevin

-- 
FAB = -FBA
It's not just a good idea; it's the law.


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  • Re: Eijiro: quirky or wrong?
    ... > It's Newton's Third Law of Motion. ... If a body A exerts a force FAB on a ... then B exerts a force FBA on A ...
    (sci.lang.japan)
  • Re: Eijiro: quirky or wrong?
    ... It's Newton's Third Law of Motion. ... If a body A exerts a force FAB on a ... then B exerts a force FBA on A ...
    (sci.lang.japan)