| It works like this in some languages; e.g. Japanese technical terminology is linked word formation originating from Chinese. Atom: 原子: (genshi) "primitive progeny". Element: 原素: (genso) "primitive element". Hydrogen: 水素: (suiso) "water element". Oxygen: 酸素: (sanso) "acid element". Carbon: 炭素: (tanso) "charcoal element". Chlorine: 塩素: (enso) "salt element". Coal: 石炭: (sekitan) "stone charcoal". Carbon dioxide: 二酸化炭素 (nisan-ka tanso): "two acid/'oxid' -ized carbon". Line, ray: 線: line, ray. Ultraviolet ray: 紫外線 (shigaisen): "purple outside-of ray". Infrared ray: 赤外線 (sekigaisen): "red outside-of ray". Deep infrared: 遠赤外線 (ensekigaisen): "far red outside-of ray". Yamanote train line: 山手線 (yamanotesen). :) Amplification: 増幅 (zōfuku) "increase width". Instrument: 器 (ki). Amplifier: 増幅機 (zōfuku ki) "increase width instrument". Difference: 差 (sa) Differential amplifier: 差動増幅器 (sadō zōfukuki) "difference movement increase width instrument" |