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I am still laughing out loud at your posting Herbert, but I like the idea of 
being immortalized in the world of mathematics; especially a branch related 
to navigation.

Try this one:

Enoid: a mathematical term used to describe the area on the surface of a 
sphere encompassed by a small circle.

I think this works. Enoid it is! Now if we can get the mathmaticians to agree to its use.

But this brings me to another question: how would one calculate the surface area of an Enoid?

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: Herbert Prinz 
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:49 am
Subject: Re: Mathematics Question

> Robert Eno wrote:
>
> >I was refering to the curved surface of the sphere. For a circle,
> it is called an "arc" but I have yet to find a proper name for a
> portion of the surface of a sphere. I have heard different terms
> such as "lune", "lens" "cap" etc. but I am certain that there has
> to be a proper mathematical term for this. Or is there?
> >
> >
> All these terms refer to solid bodies. Lune usually refers to a
> 2-dimensional shape that results from intersecting two circles. I
> guess,by analogy, one could speak of a 3-dimensional (i.e. solid)
> lune.
> The beauty of math is that you can use words that aren't in the Oxford
> English Dictionary. If you need a word badly, coin it. If it turns out
> to be important you will get famous for it. Even better: Don't
> coin a
> word. Use a long winded descriptive term each time you need it.
> Somebodywill get frustrated after a while and call it "Enoid".
>
> Herbert
>

   

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