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Also (since there wasn't room), I left out the choice for voting a "1". So if you think it's worth a "1", simply don't vote for a category and it'll be worth a "1".
Entry #2.
Photon...
A minute body of mass that maintains its velocity and a constant rate of periodic motion. When it collides with a mass it will be either absorbed, reflected, or pass through the object with an altered velocity depending on the form of the mass.
The criteria explained.
• Accuracy/longevity. Definition is universal, and timeless, covering any future scenarios we imagine today.
• Standalone. It avoided using the word's synonym, antonym, or thesaurus friends. i.e. a) an emotion wasn't defined using a substitute feeling or very related word; b) "hot" wasn't defined as a lack of cold.
Also didn't need cheap partner or reference words. i.e. to define "alphabet" it didn't use "letters" or "symbols"; to define "language" it didn't use "words" or "communication".
• Brief/challenging.
a) Shorter than 50 words, but not too short. -1 point for each 10 words over 40.
b) It's also pretty challenging to define in words. i.e. an experience.
• Obvious. The definition is clearly for the word "___", it'll rarely get confused for another word.
Merged post follows:
Icefire's entry...
Accuracy/longevity. (2) The mass part inaccurate, yet it does have a bit of potential for a universal definition.
Standalone. (4) Almost, but it used "constant rate" which sort of gives it away.
Brief/challenging. (4) Less than 50 words, although it was fairly close to the 50 words -- but it's definitely challenging, though I didn't subtract points for the "constant rate" bit.
Obvious. (3) Good except for the mass a photon doesn't have. :-)
Total = 13 (of 20) Nice.
I'm probably going to move "challenging" over with "standalone" before the next entry.
Continue voting.
This post has been edited by The Bear's Key: 16 March 2010 - 02:00 AM
Reason for edit: Consecutive posts merged.
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