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  Re: NURBS in PovRay?  
From: Mark Gordon
Date: 27 Aug 1999 20:09:33
Message: <37C728EB.C6D091C8@mailbag.com>
TonyB wrote:
>  
> Sorry, I just want to clear up one thing. NURBS is not plural for NURB.
> NURBS is the acronym for Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline. The correct
> pluralization is NURBSs, no matter how ulgy it sounds.
> 

<;-)>
The plural of NURBS is NURBSes.  The distinction between singular and
plural is thereby audible, and it follows the established convention
followed in such words as "buses" and "gases".
</;-)>

Actually, the convention seems to be to expand NURBS to "Non-Uniform
Rational B-Splines", in which case NURBS is (are?) already plural.  In
Piegel & Tiller it's used as a plural.

-- 
Mark Gordon
mtg### [at] povrayorg


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