[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rI'gheS

[Steven Boozer]

Just read this morning and - considering that yesterday's WOTD was "deflector" - thought I'd share:

"The DART mission successfully changed the motion of an asteroid"
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/world/nasa-dart-success-update-scn/ 

The article calls the spacecraft "deflection technology", which I suppose technically it is.  The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory refers to "the planetary defense technique known as kinetic impact", a fancy way of saying  that it intentionally slammed into the rock.

For more information on DART see:
https://dart.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/files/Fact-Sheet-DART.pdf

Voragh

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Klingon word: 	rI'gheS
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	deflector (singular)
Source: 	qep'a' 27 [2020]
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(qepHom 2020, in re parachutes):  Maltz knew two ways to refer to this device. The apparatus that creates some sort of force field that counters gravity when  descending is {tlham rI'gheS}, literally "gravity deflector".  The old-fashioned contraption that resembles an umbrella is informally called {'alwI'} "floater".  Maltz didn't know if there was a more technical term.

SEE ALSO:
begh 		deflectors [plural] (n)
begh botjan  	deflector shield(s) (n) KBoP
begh DaH  	deflector array (n) KBoP

Surchem 	force field (n)
HoSchem 	energy field (n)
botjan 		force field [protecting a ship] (n)
luHwI' tIH  	tractor beam (n)

SIS yoD 		umbrella (n)

tlhuD 		emit [energy, radiation] (v)
bot  		prevent, block, prohibit, intercept (v)

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