[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: DIl'on

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 05, 2024

Klingon word: DIl'on
Part of speech: noun
Definition: saltpeter
Source: qep'a' 26 [2019]
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I.e. potassium nitrate.  AFAIK not used in a sentence.

TREK NOTES:
   In his battle with the Gorn captain on an unnamed artificial planetoid in Metron space, Kirk constructed a primitive cannon by mixing naturally occurring potassium nitrate, sulfur and coal into gunpowder and using raw diamonds as projectiles. (TOS "Arena")

SEE ALSO:
jorwI' 		explosive, bomb (n)
ngat 		gunpowder (n)

tlhIneng  	potassium (n)
voQSIp  	nitrogen (n)
yInSIp		oxygen (n)
wejbe'  		nitrate [NO3 ] (n)
no'negh  	sulfur (n)
ghav  		carbon (n)  [use for coal?}

jor 		explode (v)

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