The Language of Power
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:29 am
Just thinking aloud about the words (English, but may apply in other languages) that we use when talking about star forts/castles/cathedrals/monasteries etc., some dictionary definitions, and their connections to 'power'.
Power: Strength or energy, control, the moving force of anything, the driving force of a machine........and so on.
Battery: a series of two or more electric cells arranged to produce or store electricity.
Bastion is
Bast: the conductive material in a plant
Ion: an electrically charged particle formed by loss or gain of electrons by an atom, effectingby its migration the transport of electricity.
Plant, power plant etc
City: a town that has or had a cathedral, (also base of power eg City Of London)
ElectriCity
Citadel: A fortress in or near a city. Del/Nabla/delta etc
Vault/Volt
Keep/Store
Cathedral: From kathedra (seat) or kata (down)? as in Cathode, the negative terminal or electrode in a battery; in valves and tubes, the source of electrons.
Cell: nucleus/room in monastery etc
Organ: a means of communicating information, a part of a body fitted for carrying on a natural or vital operation etc,
Star forts were/are to do with generating and storing power....
Power: Strength or energy, control, the moving force of anything, the driving force of a machine........and so on.
Battery: a series of two or more electric cells arranged to produce or store electricity.
Bastion is
Bast: the conductive material in a plant
Ion: an electrically charged particle formed by loss or gain of electrons by an atom, effectingby its migration the transport of electricity.
Plant, power plant etc
City: a town that has or had a cathedral, (also base of power eg City Of London)
ElectriCity
Citadel: A fortress in or near a city. Del/Nabla/delta etc
Vault/Volt
Keep/Store
Cathedral: From kathedra (seat) or kata (down)? as in Cathode, the negative terminal or electrode in a battery; in valves and tubes, the source of electrons.
Cell: nucleus/room in monastery etc
Organ: a means of communicating information, a part of a body fitted for carrying on a natural or vital operation etc,
Star forts were/are to do with generating and storing power....