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monochromatic and phase-locked. Attributed to Bruno de Towaji.
Gravitic (adj) Of or pertaining to gravity, either natural or artificial.
Halochondria (n) Organelles occurring naturally in the native eukaryotic
organisms of the Barnardean world of Sorrow, aka Planet Two. Halochondria
metabolize molecular chlorine and bromine to produce chloride and bromide ions
and energy-storing organophosphates.
Halogen (n) Any group VIIB atom of the halogen family, or any molecule or gas
composed of same. The halogens include fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine,
astatine, and several hundred presently known transuranic elements.
Heinlein, Robert Anson (prop n) American romanticist of the Old Modern
period.
Holie (n) Abbreviated form of hologram. Any three-dimensional image.
Colloquially, a projected, dynamic three-dimensional image, or device for
producing same.
Hour, Barnardean (n) A measure of time equal to 0.998264 standard hours, or
3593.75 standard seconds. Since the Barnardean day is 460.8 standard hours
long, the Barnardean hour permits the day to be divided into 23 twenty-hour
pids or 46 ten-hour shifts, and avoids the problems of attempting to base
a clock on divisions of the prime number 461. Attributed to Bascal Edward de
Towaji Lutui.
Hypercollapsite (n) A quasi-crystalline material composed of neuble-mass
black holes. Usually organized as a vacuogel.
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Hypercomputer (n) Any computing device capable of altering its internal
layout. Colloquially, a computing device made of wellstone.
Hypermass (adj) A mass which has been hypercompressed; a black hole.
Imbria (prop n) Temperate Luner nation of the northern hemisphere, on the
former Nearside, with a population of approximately 10 million.
Immorbid (adj) Not subject to life-threatening disease or deterioration.
Impervium (n) Public domain wellstone substance; the hardest superreflector
known.
Indeceased (n, adj) Luner colloquialism for senile Olders who are incapable
of useful learning or work.
Inload (v) To download information directly into the brain, as through a
neural halo.
Instantiate (also print) (v) To produce a single instance of a person or
object; to fax from a stored or received pattern.
Instelnet (prop n) The low-bandwidth lightspeed data network connecting the
Queendom of Sol and its thirteen colony systems.
Judder (v, n) To vibrate energetically. As a noun, a motion artifact produced
when stored images are played back incorrectly. Judder can be employed
deliberately as part of an error correction scheme in defective fax machine
print plates.
Juke (v) To move unexpectedly out of position. Colloquially, to cheat or
deceive.
Juris Doctor (n) A formal law degree conferred by Queendom authorities or
their proxies.
Kataki hau o kai Traditional Tongan encouragement to begin a meal. Literally:
For your patience, come and eat.
kps (abbrev) Kilometers per second, a measure of velocity for celestial
bodies and interplanetary/interstellar vehicles. The speed of light is 300,000
kps. (Also kips, kiss.)
Kuiper Belt (n) A ring-shaped region in the ecliptic plane of any solar
system in which gravitational perturbations have amplified the concentration
of large, icy bodies or comets. Sol s Kuiper Belt extends from 40 AU at its
lower boundary to 1000 AU at its upper and has approximately one-fourth the
overall density of the much smaller Asteroid Belt. The total mass of the
Kuiper Belt exceeds that of Earth.
Light-minute (n) The distance traveled by light through a standard vacuum in
one minute: 17,987,547.6 kilometers or 0.12 AU.
Light-second (n) The distance traveled by light through a standard vacuum in
one second: 299, 792.46 kilometers.
Light-year (n) The distance traveled by light through a standard vacuum in
one year: 9.4607 trillion kilometers or 63,238 AU.
Lipofuscin (n) An inert pigment whose buildup within the cells of a
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multicellular organism is both a marker and a determinant of geriatry.
Lipofuscin levels in excess of 3% of cell volume are generally considered
fatal in the long term.
Luddite (n) A follower, adherent, or admirer of the principles of Ned Ludd,
an organizer of nineteenth-century English craftsmen who rioted for the
destruction of industrial technologies seen as displacing or dehumanizing.
Luna (prop n) Original name of Earth s moon.
Lune(alsothe Squozen Moon, the Half Moon ) (prop n) Name attaching to Earth s
moon following the terraforming operations which reduced its diameter from
3500 to 1400 kilometers.
Maglev (n) Any vehicle, device, or system employing levitation by means of
magnetic fields.
Malo e lelei Traditional Tongan greeting widely used within the Queendom.
Literally: Thank you for coming.
Matter programming (n) The discipline of arranging, sequencing, and utilizing
pseudomaterials in a wellstone or other programmable-matter matrix, often
including the in situ management of energy and computing resources.
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