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Limited participation for this round, but we do have results. My
comment about Elliott "cheating" was misleading, it was actually
corruption and insider trading. He thought the word looked familiar,
and asked a couple of questions about what domain it was in, and on
the second try he got it right, and remembered the correct
definition, so he played but intentionally did not guess correctly.
Jim also recognized the definition once he saw the list, and so did
not vote. <br>
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Looks like Eric is the winner in a landslide!<br>
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phugoid - adj. - In construction, having a mesh or waffled
cross-section.
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by Nick. Eric 2, Ellliott 1 = 3 points<br>
Eric: Kind of like fungoid, but what you gonna' do.<br>
Elliott: Like bird bones, light but strong. We need a word for
this, so one point. <br>
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phugoid - adj. - Resembling an elder snail demon from the depths of
time.
<br>
By David. No points.<br>
Pierre: Is it flightless?<br>
Elliott: ``Phu'' sounds a bit Lovecraftian, true. <br>
<br>
phugoid - adj. - Characterized by a belief in, but dislike of, a
deity or deities.
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by Eric. Pierre 1, Elliott 2, plus 2 for correct guess = 5 points<br>
Elliott: ``God exists and is my foe.''<br>
Jean-Joseph: "If there were a god, I'd be active in the resistance."<br>
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phugoid - n. - A bone in birds extending from the sternum to the
shoulder joint, posterior to the furcula.
<br>
By Pierre. 2 for correct guess = 2<br>
Elliott: Another bird-bone def! What are people thinking of? <br>
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phugoid - n. - The curve described by a uniform spring suspended at
its endpoints and allowed to hang freely.
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By Elliott. Jim liked it.<br>
Pierre: If it's a string, held by a margay at one end and a manul at
the other, it's a catenary. If it's loaded uniformly along its
horizontal length, as in a suspension bridge, it's a parabola. If
it's held by one Hooke at each end — I don't know! There are strings
and springs, but what are scrings?<br>
Elliott: I.e., a catenoid, but with a spring rather than a chain.
Someone must have worked it out, but it's probably complicated,
since it would depend on things like the linear density and the
spring constant. <br>
Jean-Joseph: Of <i>course</i> someone has worked it out. <a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary#Elastic_catenary">Elastic
catenary</a><br>
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phugoid - n. - A long-period oscillation of an aircraft where the
vehicle alternately pitches up and climbs, decreasing speed, and
then pitches down and descends, increasing speed.
<br>
By combining the dictionary.com and Wikipedia definitions. Eric 1,
Linda 2, Pierre 2 = "5"<br>
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phugoid - adj. - Describing an apparently crazy-angled trapezoid, in
which none of the angles or sides are similar, and which may turn in
on itself, AND not be able to contain something.<br>
by Linda. 2 for correct guess = 2<br>
Pierre: I am having a hard time picturing this. Is ((-2,0) (2,0)
(-2,3) (4,3)) the sort of trapezoid you mean?<br>
Elliott: Not be able to contain a certain something, or not be able
to contain any something? <br>
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Jean-Joseph Cote
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jjcote@alum.mit.edu">jjcote@alum.mit.edu</a></pre>
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