Word of the Day

Post by Internetado
(physics) A pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic
particles, showing their paths in space and time as lines, and their
interactions as points where lines meet.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram>

That looks like two words to me.

Peter.

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Whiskers

2018-05-11 21:27:31 UTC

That looks like two words to me.
Peter.

Yabbut they intersect.

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occam

2018-05-13 06:56:32 UTC

That looks like two words to me.
Peter.

Yabbut they intersect.

At which point? Can you draw me a Feynman diagram?

Whiskers

2018-05-13 12:25:21 UTC

Post by occam

That looks like two words to me.
Peter.

Yabbut they intersect.

At which point? Can you draw me a Feynman diagram?

It's done using visual imagination. There's a Feynman, holding a
pencil or a piece of chalk or a crayon or pen, and a surface upon
which the Feynman draws a diagram. Or there's just a Feynman who
waves his hands about and talks. Or there's a substitute
Feynman. Or there's a written description of the
foregoing.

There are also potential meta-Feynman diagrams, such as the lines
joining all the books in a libraray which discuss Feynman
diagrams. These can be sub-divided into 'static' and 'dynamic'
varieties depending on how they react when the books are moved.
Interactions take place in the vicinity of students and
researchers and librarians.

Then there are the paths of all the electrons and energy particles
involved in the transmission storage and distribution of
discussions such as this. These currently exist as a network (or
rather, a web) somewhat larger than this planet.

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J. J. Lodder

2018-05-13 15:33:10 UTC

That looks like two words to me.
Peter.

Yabbut they intersect.

At which point? Can you draw me a Feynman diagram?

None of the above. It's all about equations.
Feynman diagrams are no more than a convenient way
of keeping track of all the terms.

What is done next is actually writing those terms out,
and evaluating the corresponding integrals.
(using among other things the so-called Feynman tricks)
Actually a lot of hard work,
and a great many sheets of paper
covered with computations.

The real Feynman was quite contemptuous
about people who just wave their hands and talk,

Jan

Anders D. Nygaard

2018-05-18 21:31:20 UTC

Post by J. J. Lodder

Post by occam

That looks like two words to me.
Peter.

Yabbut they intersect.

At which point? Can you draw me a Feynman diagram?

None of the above. It's all about equations.
Feynman diagrams are no more than a convenient way
of keeping track of all the terms.
What is done next is actually writing those terms out,
and evaluating the corresponding integrals.
(using among other things the so-called Feynman tricks)
Actually a lot of hard work,
and a great many sheets of paper
covered with computations.
The real Feynman was quite contemptuous
about people who just wave their hands and talk,

He would probably want them also to particle their hands.

/Anders, Denmark.

Athel Cornish-Bowden

2018-05-12 08:03:02 UTC

That looks like two words to me.

To me too, but when Time, for example, announces its Word of the Year,
there are often, it seems to me, more than of word.

In this case I was more concerned with "of the day". Feynman diagrams
have been around for decades, and even if Internetado has only come
across them today that doesn't make them words of the day. Words of his
day, perhaps.

Post by Peter Young
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athel

Madrigal Gurneyhalt

2018-05-12 10:49:36 UTC

That looks like two words to me.

To me too, but when Time, for example, announces its Word of the Year,
there are often, it seems to me, more than of word.
In this case I was more concerned with "of the day". Feynman diagrams
have been around for decades, and even if Internetado has only come
across them today that doesn't make them words of the day. Words of his
day, perhaps.

Hypercritical or what? It simply means it's the word that the site is
featuring that day. Would you also complain if the Dish of the Day
at a restaurant was something for which the recipe had been around
for 50 years?

CDB

2018-05-12 13:16:51 UTC

Feynman diagram: (physics) A pictorial representation of the
interactions of subatomic particles, showing their paths in
space and time as lines, and their interactions as points where
lines meet. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram>

That looks like two words to me.

To me too, but when Time, for example, announces its Word of the
Year, there are often, it seems to me, more than of word.
In this case I was more concerned with "of the day". Feynman
diagrams have been around for decades, and even if Internetado has
only come across them today that doesn't make them words of the
day. Words of his day, perhaps.

I wonder if the last part of his nym is the French "ado".

Post by Madrigal Gurneyhalt
Hypercritical or what? It simply means it's the word that the site
is featuring that day. Would you also complain if the Dish of the
Day at a restaurant was something for which the recipe had been
around for 50 years?

Which site is that?

Athel Cornish-Bowden

2018-05-12 13:38:48 UTC

Feynman diagram: (physics) A pictorial representation of the
interactions of subatomic particles, showing their paths in
space and time as lines, and their interactions as points where
lines meet. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram>

That looks like two words to me.

To me too, but when Time, for example, announces its Word of the
Year, there are often, it seems to me, more than of word.
In this case I was more concerned with "of the day". Feynman
diagrams have been around for decades, and even if Internetado has
only come across them today that doesn't make them words of the
day. Words of his day, perhaps.

I wonder if the last part of his nym is the French "ado".

Which site is that?

Initially I thought Madrigal might have a point, but then I looked at
various sites discussing "the word of the year", such as

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/18/word-of-the-year-2017-oxford-dictionaries-youthquake

https://tinyurl.com/y85xtxxt

Post by CDB
“Selecting one word each year that embodies the previous 12 months is a
difficult task, which is one reason we surround it with a diverse
shortlist of friends.”

There is no way the "word of the year" (a silly idea anyway, but one
that appeals to journalists) would be a word that has been well known
for 50 years.

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athel

Madrigal Gurneyhalt

2018-05-12 23:22:22 UTC

Feynman diagram: (physics) A pictorial representation of the
interactions of subatomic particles, showing their paths in
space and time as lines, and their interactions as points where
lines meet. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram>

That looks like two words to me.

To me too, but when Time, for example, announces its Word of the
Year, there are often, it seems to me, more than of word.
In this case I was more concerned with "of the day". Feynman
diagrams have been around for decades, and even if Internetado has
only come across them today that doesn't make them words of the
day. Words of his day, perhaps.

I wonder if the last part of his nym is the French "ado".

Which site is that?

Initially I thought Madrigal might have a point, but then I looked at
various sites discussing "the word of the year", such as
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/18/word-of-the-year-2017-oxford-dictionaries-youthquake
https://tinyurl.com/y85xtxxt

Post by CDB
“Selecting one word each year that embodies the previous 12 months is a
difficult task, which is one reason we surround it with a diverse
shortlist of friends.”

There is no way the "word of the year" (a silly idea anyway, but one
that appeals to journalists) would be a word that has been well known
for 50 years.

I hesitate to point out the obvious difference between day and year!
Might I suggest revision of the roots of 'ephemeral'?

CDB

2018-05-13 11:58:50 UTC

[Richard Feynman and the Word of the Day]

Post by Madrigal Gurneyhalt
Hypercritical or what? It simply means it's the word that the
site is featuring that day. Would you also complain if the Dish
of the Day at a restaurant was something for which the recipe
had been around for 50 years?

Which site is that?

Initially I thought Madrigal might have a point, but then I looked
at various sites discussing "the word of the year", such as
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/18/word-of-the-year-2017-oxford-dictionaries-youthquake

https://tinyurl.com/y85xtxxt

Post by CDB
“Selecting one word each year that embodies the previous 12
months is a difficult task, which is one reason we surround it
with a diverse shortlist of friends.”

There is no way the "word of the year" (a silly idea anyway, but
one that appeals to journalists) would be a word that has been well
known for 50 years.

I hesitate to point out the obvious difference between day and year!
Might I suggest revision of the roots of 'ephemeral'?

Eheu fugaces labuntur omnes.

Snidely

2018-05-15 08:28:59 UTC

Feynman diagram: (physics) A pictorial representation of the
interactions of subatomic particles, showing their paths in
space and time as lines, and their interactions as points where
lines meet. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram>

That looks like two words to me.

To me too, but when Time, for example, announces its Word of the
Year, there are often, it seems to me, more than of word.
In this case I was more concerned with "of the day". Feynman
diagrams have been around for decades, and even if Internetado has
only come across them today that doesn't make them words of the
day. Words of his day, perhaps.

I wonder if the last part of his nym is the French "ado".

Which site is that?

Initially I thought Madrigal might have a point, but then I looked at various
sites discussing "the word of the year", such as
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/18/word-of-the-year-2017-oxford-dictionaries-youthquake
https://tinyurl.com/y85xtxxt

Post by CDB
“Selecting one word each year that embodies the previous 12 months is a
difficult task, which is one reason we surround it with a diverse shortlist
of friends.”

There is no way the "word of the year" (a silly idea anyway, but one that
appeals to journalists) would be a word that has been well known for 50
years.

Why so? We've seen discussion of the OED and M-W word-of-the-year
entries, and I'm pretty sure that on occasion each of them has picked a
familiar word that has had a sudden increase in activity. The
increase of activity is the key, not the age.

/dps

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J. J. Lodder

2018-05-12 11:10:21 UTC

That looks like two words to me.

To me too, but when Time, for example, announces its Word of the Year,
there are often, it seems to me, more than of word.
In this case I was more concerned with "of the day". Feynman diagrams
have been around for decades, and even if Internetado has only come
across them today that doesn't make them words of the day. Words of his
day, perhaps.

Feynman 1948, so 70 years ago this year.
Don't know if there is a date of creation,
but the publication date was 1 April 1948,

Jan

Quinn C

2018-05-15 17:28:49 UTC

That looks like two words to me.

May I have a word with you?

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2018-05-17 21:16:28 UTC