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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rugh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon May 6 10:08:29 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 14:08:15 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, May 06, 2013
>
> Klingon word: rugh
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: antimatter
nIn: rugh bIQSIp
Fuel - Anti Hydrogen. KBoP
Treknology:
"[Dilithium crystal] is the only material known to Federation science to be nonreactive with antimatter when subjected to a high-frequency electromagnetic (EM) field in the megawatt range, rendering it 'porous' to antihydrogen." [Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, p.60]
"Deuterium [bIQSIp 'ugh] was also used as one of the reactants in the matter/antimatter reaction system in those ships' warp drive. The deuterium was the matter, and anti-hydrogen served as the antimatter. (TNG 'Relics')" [Star trek Encyclopedia]
Related nouns:
rugh bIQSIp anti hydrogen
Hap matter
cha'pujqut dilithium crystal
choH lISbogh Hap'e': cha'pujqut
Reaction Moderating Element - Crystalline Dilithium. KBoP
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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