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[Stellarium-pubdevel] Oculars plug-in: Barlow lens "multiplicity"

[Bogdan M. <dag...@gm...>]

Hello.

I have a little linguistic problem. :) The recent addition of Barlow
lens support to the Oculars plugin uses "multiplicity" in the GUI to
characterize the lenses. I'm not sure if this is the right term in
English.

Here are several dictionary definitions of "multiplicity":
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/multiplicity

And there's a mathematical term, but it seems even less relevant:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicity_%28mathematics%29

I also did a Google search and it seems that the only place to use
"multiplicity" with Barlow lenses is Stellarium's code. :)

I think that the intended term was "multiplier", and that the
appropriate label for that value in our case should be "multiplier",
"magnification" or "magnification factor" (see here:
http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/astro/barlow.htm ), but I'm not a native
speaker. Can someone clarify this? Any other comments are welcome.

Regards,
Bogdan Marinov

Re: [Stellarium-pubdevel] Oculars plug-in: Barlow lens "multiplicity"

[Barry G. <bar...@ho...>]

Hi Bogdan
 
I don't think English is your native language but your grasp of English grammar is exceptional,. You are quite correct in your surmise that the correct word is "multiplier"
 
Barry
 

> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 13:12:52 +0200
> From: dag...@gm...
> To: ste...@li...
> Subject: [Stellarium-pubdevel] Oculars plug-in: Barlow lens "multiplicity"
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I have a little linguistic problem. :) The recent addition of Barlow
> lens support to the Oculars plugin uses "multiplicity" in the GUI to
> characterize the lenses. I'm not sure if this is the right term in
> English.
> 
> Here are several dictionary definitions of "multiplicity":
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/multiplicity
> 
> And there's a mathematical term, but it seems even less relevant:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicity_%28mathematics%29
> 
> I also did a Google search and it seems that the only place to use
> "multiplicity" with Barlow lenses is Stellarium's code. :)
> 
> I think that the intended term was "multiplier", and that the
> appropriate label for that value in our case should be "multiplier",
> "magnification" or "magnification factor" (see here:
> http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/astro/barlow.htm ), but I'm not a native
> speaker. Can someone clarify this? Any other comments are welcome.
> 
> Regards,
> Bogdan Marinov
> 
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