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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qelI'qam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Mar 23 10:14:56 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:14:42 -0500
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> Klingon word: qelI'qam
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: kellicam
As used in canon:
vaghvatlh qelI'qam
[Five hundred kellicams. (untranslated)] ST3
chorghSaD qelI'qam HIvchuq'e' vInoH
Estimating attack range in 8,000 kellicams. ST5
The kellicam is a unit of measure roughly equal to 2 km. (cf. Star Trek Encyclopedia).
Attack (firing) range for a 23rd century B'rel-class Bord-of-Prey is approximately 1500 kellicams. (ST3)
Related words:
loghqam unit of measure (1.25 light years)
'uj'a' unit of linear measure (app. 3.15 m.)
'uj unit of linear measure (34.83 cm.)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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