Timeline for Is there a (current or historical) word for the extremes on the left-right axis?
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| Nov 21, 2023 at 22:17 | history | edited | chux | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2023 at 20:41 | comment | added | chux | @Barmar Aside from the Borg, rarely is a cube something someone is moving about in space. As we are imagining such a space craft, using related terms, especially aeronautical ones a pilot might use is reasonable and we are in the context of a craft moving in 3D. Left and right are overloaded terms in terms of reference as they first tend to reference from a personal perspective, port/starboard less so as they immediately apply to the craft. L/R can work, I assert P/S work better. | |
| Nov 21, 2023 at 20:15 | comment | added | Barmar | Port is practically never used outside the context of marine and aircraft. No one would refer to the port side of a cube, they'd just say left or right. | |
| Nov 21, 2023 at 20:12 | comment | added | chux | @Barmar OK. port side then. IAC, port is unambiguous to the person's orientation on the craft, or in OP's case cube. | |
| Nov 21, 2023 at 20:11 | history | edited | chux | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2023 at 16:05 | comment | added | Barmar | It's not just the extremes. The entire left half of the ship is called "port", not just the hull. In maritime language they're essentially synonymous with "left" and "right". | |
| Nov 21, 2023 at 10:24 | comment | added | chux | @Joachim, Yes. the port/starboard of the craft and the P/S of the cube are its sides. | |
| Nov 21, 2023 at 9:30 | comment | added | Joachim | But are they extremes? | |
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| Nov 21, 2023 at 3:35 | history | edited | chux | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2023 at 3:27 | history | answered | chux | CC BY-SA 4.0 |