RE: Jets and the word "miracle".
February 21, 2021 at 12:48 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2021 at 12:49 pm by arewethereyet.)
(February 21, 2021 at 12:36 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Once again, the "word" miracle is being used to describe the safe landing after a jet engine failure. NO, it was not a "miracle", it was pilot training and redundancy design in case of failure. If the plain had crashed and everyone had died would it still be called a "miracle"?You are looking at the word miracle in one of the meanings...which implies something supernatural, as in a god. There are other definitions.
Now, I will say it was "amazing" that nobody on the ground was killed by the falling debris. But survival or death isn't a matter of magic, but mere conditions of many factors.
miracle
[color=var(--primtxt)][ˈmirək(ə)l]
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[color=var(--promtxt)]NOUN[/color]
- [color=var(--promtxt)]a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency.[/color]
"the miracle of rising from the grave"
[color=var(--primtxt)]synonyms:[/color]
supernatural phenomenon · mystery · prodigy · sign - [color=var(--promtxt)]a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences.[/color]
"it was a miracle that more people hadn't been killed or injured"
- [color=var(--promtxt)]an amazing product or achievement, or an outstanding example of something.[/color]
"a machine which was a miracle of design" ·
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[color=var(--primtxt)]synonyms:[/color]
wonder · marvel · sensation · [url=https://www.bing.com/search?q=define+phenomenon&FORM=DCTRQY&PC=HCTS][/url]
Not godspeak.
Some words have more than one meaning. You can add that you language confusion.
I'm your huckleberry.