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@damionhonegan said
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Beaming mathematical function
plank, planck

fight, royalty

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@vivify said
plank, planck

fight, royalty
I was looking for something else. The mathematical function has multiple pronunciations but it's okay.

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Well, Planck's constant isn't a mathematical FUNCTION. It is a constant, a number.

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@blood-on-the-tracks said
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Well, Planck's constant isn't a mathematical FUNCTION. It is a constant, a number.
These sources mention a Planck function:
http://burro.case.edu/Academics/Astr221/Light/blackbody.html

http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys317/lectures/planck.html

https://ncc.nesdis.noaa.gov/data/planck.html

But no function called Planck exists.

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@damionhonegan

I think we are into Quantum Physics, here. It isn't my strongest suit, I believe there may be 'formulae' or 'equations' that some give Planck's name to.

For the purpose of this game, it is probably close enough!

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@damionhonegan said
I was looking for something else. The mathematical function has multiple pronunciations but it's okay.
What answer were you expecting?

I was thinking of .... rays & raise (as in raise to the power of ...)

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@wolfgang59 said
What answer were you expecting?

I was thinking of .... rays & raise (as in raise to the power of ...)
I wanted shine and sinh. Sinh is short for hyperbolic sine. You can pronounce it sine h (sine aitch), cinch, or shine.

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@damionhonegan

Fair enough. I always disliked 'shine x', but it is used.

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No fair, guys. We're not all college-educated geniuses here. ☹

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@kewpie said
No fair, guys. We're not all college-educated geniuses here. ☹
Hear here!

Or is “they’re there” better?

Challenge: two-word proper sentences made of homophones.

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@wolfgang59 said
The game is up to

fight, royalty
Hint: it's the same word with 2 different meanings

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@vivify said
Hint: it's the same word with 2 different meanings
Duke?

I'm unsure if that counts as a homophone.

Homophones are separate words that sound alike. One word with multiple meanings doesn't count as a homophone.

Circular sound

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@damionhonegan said
Duke?

I'm unsure if that counts as a homophone.

Homophones are separate words that sound alike. One word with multiple meanings doesn't count as a homophone.

Circular sound
Correct.

It's not a homophone, but other posters were doing this earlier in the thread. I guess I'll stick to actual homophones from now on.

Your turn to post one

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@vivify said
Correct.

It's not a homophone, but other posters were doing this earlier in the thread. I guess I'll stick to actual homophones from now on.

Your turn to post one
technically, that's a homonym (same name), which is both a homophone (same sound) and a homograph (same shape).

I believe the intention here is homophones that are not homographs.

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