[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HeySel

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: HeySel
Part of speech: noun
Definition: atom
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)

ngIq HeySelmaj'e' nuSev 'ej nuqat... 
Atom by atom they will coil around us... (DSC "A Vulcan Hello")

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

For Lieven's list of elements and chemical compounds see http://klingon.wiki/En/Chemistry 

SEE ALSO:
'o'rIS 		molecule (n)
ghalmov 	compound (n)
SuqSIv 		core (n) (use for nucleus?)
tamler  		element (in chemistry) (n)
tamlerQeD  	chemistry (n) 

pay'an 		[atomic] particle (n)
tem 		electron (n)
yomIj 		neutron (n)
valtIn 		proton (n)
ngochjuH 	quark (n)

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

TREK TRIVIA:
TROI:    ... There.  Stop.  "One moon circles."
DATA:   Yes, Counsellor.  One electron circles one proton. This is a hydrogen atom. [TNG "Night Terrors"]


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons