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we're all a little gay inside (mander.xyz)
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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Yes, but curved does not mean circular. Do either bows have constant curvature?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    OK? But we're not calling archery bows and violin bows circular; we're calling them bows i.e. curved. And we're calling the rainbow a bow, i.e. curved, which it is. Curved does not imply circular, but circular does imply curved.

    Besides, I don't think the proto-indo-europeans were out there with calipers measuring the precise curvature of objects they decided to label with the *bheug- root.

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