I have just sent the following message to a company that has developed a "Parousiameter". Am I too far off base?
I wonder about the creation of the word, Parousiameter. Parousia in Christian circles means the Second Coming of Christ and the Greek etymology literally means presence. You say your meter measures the visual quality and appearance (its outward aspect) not its becoming visible that the original Greek seems to mean. I think you have misapplied the Greek.
Emmett
You may be a bit late - they filed for a trademark in 2005. Let us know if they reply at all.
OK. To put this in context, an extremely limited number of people will be assaulted by this new word. The Parousiameter, if I read the hype correctly, is the next evolutionary step for the current scatterometer.
It's not saying much to suggest that Parousiameter is also a step in the right direction linguistically from scatterometer, which sounds to me like it should be measuring animal droppings.
Eek! Now they even have a dual beam set up! Don't get them angry with you!
You may be a bit late – they filed for a trademark in 2005.
I am always late or early; it seems. 🙁
Although I am the elder of a small Christian Church, I am not sure I was familiar with the Greek word 'Parousia' and its connection with Christ's Second Coming in 2005.
Emmett