Comment on Metal is plastic.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Metal is also elastic.
But that doesn’t mean metal is plastic or elastic in terms of material type, just the English sucks.
Comment on Metal is plastic.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Metal is also elastic.
But that doesn’t mean metal is plastic or elastic in terms of material type, just the English sucks.
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah words have special meanings in special regimes. There are a lot of regimes these days, with so much known about so many specialities. We could spend all day noting use of words that make sense within a particular science or engineering field but would be funny in casual conversation .