tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 12 07:29:55 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: luSpet (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, June 12, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: luSpet
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: black hole (astronomical phenomenon)
As used in canon:
ghe''orDaq luSpet 'oH DaqlIj'e'!
You belong in a black hole in the Netherworld! PK
Trek trivia:
The Enterprise was caught by "a black star of high gravitational
attraction" in the area of Starbase 9 near Earth. The "rebound" while
pulling free opened a time warp and sent the ship back to 1964. (TOS
"Tomorrow is Yesterday")
Cf. also {Dejpu'bogh Hov} "collapsed star" (PK).
Speculation:
*{luSpetHom} "micro-singularity" (i.e. a tiny black hole)? Until
discovered in 2151, most humans believed micro-singularities were "a Vulcan
myth." (ENT "Shuttlepod One")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons