On 17 January 2015 at 14:06, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
We would never even consider calling people who have two feet
"cispedal" or people who have blood pressure in the normal range
"cistensive".
Well, yes....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis%E2%80%93trans_isomerism
"In organic chemistry, cis/trans isomerism (also known as geometric
isomerism) is a form of stereoisomerism describing the relative
orientation of functional groups within a molecule."
Thank you for proving my point. I despair of having to defend humanity
from comparisons to molecules.
RIsker/ANne