tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 09 07:05:24 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: woj choHwI' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, June 9, 2006.
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>Klingon word: woj choHwI'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: reactor
"thing which alters radiation" (HQ 1.3:9)
On the IKV Somraw, the engine room was called the "reactor pit". (ENT
"Sleeping Dogs")
Treknology note 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.
(TNG "Relics")
Klingons also use deuterium in their reactors:
nIn: bIQSIp 'ugh
Fuel - Deuterium Isotope (BoP Poster)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons