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originally posted by: daskakik
You don't own the language, you can't tell people what they can and can't use, especially when everyone who isn't butthurt has no problem with it.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: cooperton
They never said weight, you do know bearing false witness is a sin...
...2nd.
Heaviness measures weight.
"Newton (N) is the SI unit for weight. Weight is also measured in kilograms (kg) when used to determine the heaviness of an object."
This is different than density
originally posted by: daskakik
Steel is heavier than water, balsa wood is lighter than water. There are no semantic errors in those two statements.
That statement would technically be referring to a sample of steel that weighs more than a given sample of water, and a sample of balsa wood that weighs less than a sample of water. To correctly refer to the density of an object, the determining factor if something sinks or floats, you say density.
originally posted by: Venkuish1 And they are correct and you are wrong (as usual).
What are they correct about? 'Heavy' is not interchangeable with 'density'. Heavy refers to N, whereas density refers to m/V. They're not interchangeable
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
ROFL a lot of chemistry class flunkies have starred your post.
Steel isn't heavier than water. What's heavier, a pound of steel or a pound of water?? LOL. See how that works now? Density is different like Cooperton said above.
originally posted by: daskakik
"weight when talking about if something is going to sink or swim."
Nobody said this.
Effing get over it.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: NoCorruptionAllowed
Double derp:
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It's like the trick question of which is heavier a pound of feathers or a pound of steel. They both weigh a pound but have different volumes.
When someone says gold is heavier than lead, it is understood that if you have equal volumes, the gold will be heavier because it is denser.
originally posted by: cooperton
Phantom referred to heaviness causing something to sink. Heaviness is a measure of weight. So yeah, phantom screwed up. It wasn't a big deal at all until you all continued to defend something that is obviously not true.
originally posted by: Venkuish1
People are often use heavier and more dense interchangeably and we all know this.
You made a comment that laymen to and I answered that you don't have to be a layman to use terminology in a different way. It happens quite a lot just as it happens when mass and weight are used interchangeably.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: cooperton
They never said weight, you do know bearing false witness is a sin...
...2nd.
Heaviness measures weight.
"Newton (N) is the SI unit for weight. Weight is also measured in kilograms (kg) when used to determine the heaviness of an object."
This is different than density
originally posted by: daskakik
Steel is heavier than water, balsa wood is lighter than water. There are no semantic errors in those two statements.
That statement would technically be referring to a sample of steel that weighs more than a given sample of water, and a sample of balsa wood that weighs less than a sample of water. To correctly refer to the density of an object, the determining factor if something sinks or floats, you say density.
originally posted by: Venkuish1 And they are correct and you are wrong (as usual).
What are they correct about? 'Heavy' is not interchangeable with 'density'. Heavy refers to N, whereas density refers to m/V. They're not interchangeable
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
I understand what you want to say, but the way you are referring to these properties of matter, any science teacher or professor would rip you a new one.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Venkuish1
People are often use heavier and more dense interchangeably and we all know this.
Yeah people also say 'irregardless' all the time too, doesn't make it correct.
You made a comment that laymen to and I answered that you don't have to be a layman to use terminology in a different way. It happens quite a lot just as it happens when mass and weight are used interchangeably.
Well there is correct established terminology to refer to the density of an object, and if phantom really was as smart as a scientist as she says she is, then she would have known that density and not heaviness is what determines if something sinks or floats.
I am so glad an objective person came along to call out the madness you all are exhibiting.
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
I understand what you want to say, but the way you are referring to these properties of matter, any science teacher or professor would rip you a new one.
originally posted by: daskakik
No they wouldn't because they would probably use the same terminology. I already posted a link to where they do this.
originally posted by: Venkuish1
Nobody did.
You are clutching at the straws.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
I understand what you want to say, but the way you are referring to these properties of matter, any science teacher or professor would rip you a new one.
Exactly. Thank you for confirming this. Over 5 pages of them trying to re-write textbook definitions rather than admitting they were wrong.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Venkuish1
Nobody did.
You are clutching at the straws.
Daskakik is making the claim that heaviness and density can be interchangeable, all in an attempt to defend phantom's dumb comment. You guys literally hate the truth, you just want to appear right even if you're wrong
originally posted by: Venkuish1
Nope, they have been saying that heavier and more dense are used interchangeably in every day life.
No they wouldn't because they would probably use the same terminology. I already posted a link to where they do this.
And that's true as most people do it regardless of whether they are laymen or not. It's rather easy to understand. It's like mass and weight.