Comment on Metal is plastic.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 .