I asked for a simple, easy to understand definition of “nanotribology” and this is what he sent to me: Secondly, on Friday, January 22, 1999, I received another clarifying definition that I had requested from a contact I found on the internet. These tend to be on the order of nanometers and nanoseconds.” “I would define nanotribology as the sub-field of tribology involving contact geometries which are well-characterized at atomic length or time scales. Yes, I coined the term nanotribology in a paper I wrote in 1991, entitled, Nanotribology of a Kr monolayer: A Quartz Crystal Microbalance Study of Atomic-Scale Friction’, J. Jacqueline Krim, Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina: Langer knew it was time to leave.Īs seen in the May 15, 2000, issue of the New York Times.Īdditional words that exist that are derived from the Greek element tribo-: nanotribology, The following definitions came from various sources on the internet.įirst, on Thursday, January 21, 1999, there was the following information from Dr. "Not job, Job, a book in the Bible".Īt that point, Ms. "How would you be spelling 'Job'?" the clerk asked. The following came from "The Spelling Newsletter" published by Ray Laurita, Leonardo Press, PO Box 1326, Camden, ME 04843.Īfter reading the following exchange which appeared in the Metropolitan Diary, I have a feeling that our readers will be equally dismayed:Ĭarol Ruth Langer stopped at the information desk of a Barnes & Noble in Midtown to inquire about a copy of the Book of Job. means: We dont learn just for school, but we learn for life.. She has kept me in good health with her loving concern for my well being and has rarely interfered with my efforts to strive for my illusions. Note from your editor: The illusions referred to the dedication in Words for a Modern Age, A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements in which I wrote: ∽edicated to my wife, who has been my sine qua non. from your book: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. Thank you for your illusions and also many thanks to your wife. I am so happy that we still have people in this world who regard knowledge of Latin and Greek essential to scholarly development. I have always been interested in the origin of words especially from Latin and Greek.īecause the schools do not teach Latin and Greek as they once did, your book would be invaluable in helping students with the English language thereby enriching their thought process. Now that Im retired, Ill have more time.
Its been over 45 years since I studied Latin and Greek in college and unless one keeps it up, one tends to forget. You no doubt spent a great amount of time in research. The Greek element pedia is found in other Greek words such as, cyclopedia and encyclopedia, "circles of knowledge". There is more information about pedoagogue, pedagog on this page.Īnother derivative from the Greek ped is a word meaning "education" or the results of "education" such as, "knowledge" or "learning". This Greek ped is used primarily in technical terms such as pedagogics, which refers to the "science of teaching". In time, the word became known as a "teacher". In the U.S., the equivalent of "guiding a child" is now "home schooling". In ancient Athens, the pedagogue was a slave who led his master's children (boys) to school or provided private tutoring. The Greek ped used in English is a shortened form of the Greek pais ( paid-), which means a "child" usually a "boy", because in old Grecian times, boys were considered "more important" than girls.Īctually, pedagogue means "a child's guide" or "guiding a child". Any time a student refers to a teacher as a pedagogue he or she is not suggesting that the teacher has feet which are a foot-and-a-half (sesquipedalian) long.
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