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1 definition found
From Lojban to English :

        Word: xo'ei [jbovlaste]
        Type: experimental cmavo (YOU RISK BEING MISUNDERSTOOD IF YOU USE THIS WORD)
  Gloss Word: string of vague/elliptical digits in the sense of "length is vague/elliptical by default"
     selma'o: VUhU
  Definition: unary mekso operator: produces a string of n consecutive
       "xo'e"'s, treated as digits (concatenated into a single string
       of digits)
       Notes: n can be any nonnegative integer, (countable) infinity, or
       vague (in which case it could mean a nonnegative integer or
       (countable) infinity). The default value of n is
       vague/elliptical, thus transforming this word into a 0-ary
       operator. The output is a string of digits, not a number; thus,
       it automatically attaches to a string of PA's if immediately
       preceding this word; following digits must be concatenated on;
       it might be necessary to convert this string into a number
       (especially if it is isolated and/or is being acted upon an
       operator that is defined as desired for numbers but not for
       digits or strings), but the conversion may be automatic
       according to the grammar (at least in some contexts). xo'e is
       considered to represent exactly one 'digit' (really: PA member)
       in the given base until it is converted into a number. Since
       pi belongs to PA, technically at least zero xo'e's can
       actually be meant to be radix point(s); at most, the total
       allowable number of radix points in a digit string, less the
       number of explicitly mentioned pi's that occur therein
       (within the macrodigit), is the number of pi's that can be
       referenced elliptically by this means. ma'u and ni'u are
       possible references for microdigits where allowed by the base. 
       This word 'knows where it lives', meaning that it will only
       produce digit strings that are composed of PA's that are
       allowed by the base and notation given the rest of the context,
       which form allowed macrodigits, and which will represent part
       of a context-allowed number. Proposed rafsi: "-xon-", where the
       default case (n is vague) is assumed (thus, as a rafsi, "-xon-"
       represents any number that is expressible in the base by a
       string of concatenated digits and radix point(s) and which
       makes sense/satisfies implicit conditions placed upon it (such
       as signum, or being integer, etc.); this meaning is usually
       described by using variables "n" or "x" in English, such as in:
       "n-ary", "n-many", "x-meter-long", etc.).

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