[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'o'rIS

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Klingon word: 'o'rIS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: molecule
Source: qepHom 2015 p.13
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cha’ bIQSIp HeySelmey, wa’ yInSIp HeySel je yugh bIQ ’o’rIS. 
The water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms and one
  oxygen atom.  (Lieven, OK'd by MO at qepHom 2015)

LANGUAGE NOTES:
(Lieven < MO, 4/01/2019):  You might use [{nu’} "be particularly small"] for atoms (if the context is appropriate). It wouldn't mean smaller than expected in that case — only tiny or something like that.

TREK TRIVIA:
“Dilithium molecules are the hardest, most rigid …” (Scotty, TAS “The Terratin Incident”)

SEE ALSO:
HeySel 		atom (n)
 -  ngIq HeySelmaj'e' nuSev 'ej nuqat… 
    Atom by atom they will coil around us... (DSC "A Vulcan Hello")
pay'an 		[atomic] particle (n)
tem 		electron (n)
yomIj 		neutron (n)
valtIn 		proton (n)
SuqSIv 		core (n) (use for "nucleus"?)
tamlerQeD  	chemistry (n)

ngIng 		have a negative charge (v)
ruS 		have a positive charge (v)

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Voragh
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