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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: half an "Oops" #143722 06/09/05 09:32 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Two views of eicosapentaenoic acid: http://www.omega3sealoil.com/eico.jpg http://www.nutrition4health.org/NOHAnews/Images/BlandEicosapentaenoicAcidCartoon.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: half an "Oops" #143723 06/09/05 09:44 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park the eicosa-penta-enoic acid has 11 hexagon shaped rings, (and 5 pentagon) and its more commonly identified today as ‘soccer ball shaped’- (I think doceca–hexa shape has only hexagon rings. (the combo of dodeca and hexa is a good clue!) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PUFA ! #143724 06/10/05 12:46 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA (Poly-Unsaturated Fatty Acids, that is) Here's a link to another picture of the two structures: http://lansbury.bwh.harvard.edu/multiple_sclerosis.htm. Scroll down a little. They do appear both to be linear, though they might fold when they're not on paper. I think the hexagon/pentagon structure is more a linguistic seduction than actual spatial configuration, Buckminster Fuller and his geodesic dome notwithstanding. Besides, I seem to have mis-identified DHA, too. Here it's given as DOCOSA-, not DODECA-. I think that's supposed to mean "twenty-two." PS. I violently disclaim all responsibility for the apostrophes in the paragraph following References 1 and 2. Three times, no less! And it's (sic) from Brigham and Womens' Hospital, even - they should know better. For shame! PPS. Here's a link to soccerball/Buckminsterfullerene, which is C-60, it turns out. http://ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-2/text/rndmain1.html Alert: the movie contains two plugs for Big Industry, at the middle and the end. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,351 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 804 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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