The Fact
When sparks are created they generate electromagnetic waves
The Picture
You can see this sequence of pictographs contains an illustration of 2 obelisks next to a squiggly line.
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The Question
The word 'obelisk' comes to us from the ancient Greeks. It means 'little spits'. The name is descriptive so we should regard this word as an eye witness account of what they saw when they gazed upon the obelisks. We do know that the obelisks were usually deployed in pairs and were gilded at the top.
The word spit has 6 main definitions
1 - eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger:
2 - (of a fire or something being cooked) emit small bursts of sparks or hot fat with a series of short, explosive noises:
3 - light rain falls
4 - : to express (unpleasant or malicious feelings)
5 - a slender pointed rod for holding meat over a fire
6 - a small point of land especially of sand or gravel running into a body of water
When the ancient Greeks who gazed upon them described them as 'little spits' which definition of spit do you think they were referring to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6?
edited to add extra definition of spit
When sparks are created they generate electromagnetic waves
The Picture
You can see this sequence of pictographs contains an illustration of 2 obelisks next to a squiggly line.
The Question
The word 'obelisk' comes to us from the ancient Greeks. It means 'little spits'. The name is descriptive so we should regard this word as an eye witness account of what they saw when they gazed upon the obelisks. We do know that the obelisks were usually deployed in pairs and were gilded at the top.
The word spit has 6 main definitions
1 - eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger:
2 - (of a fire or something being cooked) emit small bursts of sparks or hot fat with a series of short, explosive noises:
3 - light rain falls
4 - : to express (unpleasant or malicious feelings)
5 - a slender pointed rod for holding meat over a fire
6 - a small point of land especially of sand or gravel running into a body of water
When the ancient Greeks who gazed upon them described them as 'little spits' which definition of spit do you think they were referring to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6?
edited to add extra definition of spit