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Re: Klingon WOTD: nIn (n)

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: nIn (n)
• Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 09:30:11 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, February 5, 2003.
>
>Klingon word:   nIn
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     fuel

As used in canon:

   nIn 'ar wIghaj
   How much fuel do we have (left)? TKD

   nIn Hoch natlhlu'pu'
   All the fuel has been consumed. KGT

Types of fuel used on a Bird of Prey are:

   nIn: bIQSIp 'ugh
   Fuel - Deuterium Isotope  KBoP

   nIn: rugh bIQSIp
   Fuel - Anti Hydrogen  KBoP

 From the "Star Trek Encyclopedia":

   Cryogenic (extremely cold) deuterium was the primary fuel source for the
   fusion impulse-engine reactors in Federation starships. Deuterium 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")



-- 
Voragh                            "Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon 
- that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons      hard!"                  (Montgomery 
Scott, STIV)

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