From the original description of this kind of object, I get the image of two networks (the two categories) which have only one vertex in common. Or to get more physical about it - which is a good way to generate mental images of real-world analogues whose names we can steal - two fishing nets or string bags tied together at a single knot. So what's a good name for that knot? A "junction"? A "contingence"? A "taction"? It's where two worlds touch, like a weak spot in the space-time continuum where the threads have worn away, or the Wood Between the Worlds in the Narnia novels. How about "crossover object"?
Jocelyn Ireson-Paine http://www.j-paine.org http://www.spreadsheet-parts.org +44 (0)7768 534 091 Jocelyn's Cartoons: http://www.j-paine.org/blog/jocelyns_cartoons/ On Sun, 27 Nov 2011, Graham White wrote:
Two possible names are "liminal" (from limen, a doorway), or "bifrontal" (from frons, which means face: one of the titles of Janus is Janus bifrons). I kind of like liminal, because it emphasises the function of the twofacedness, rather than simply the fact that the object is twofaced.
Graham
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