BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down120
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-squareGargleBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoIsn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
minus-squarebreathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot if you’re coming from the other direction.
minus-squareanakin78z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDoesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
minus-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThank you for breaking my brain
“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
Isn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
It could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
∩-turn
If you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
Not if you’re coming from the other direction.
Doesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
Thank you for breaking my brain