<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpdce7ac89yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><div>Looking now at Memory Alpha, my guess may have been wrong -- seems it might have more to do with warp plasma and/or radiation. See <span><a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Baffle_plate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Baffle_plate</a> for canon instances where removal of a baffle plate caused catastrophic issues to ships.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Russ Perry Jr</div><div class="ydpdce7ac89signature"><div style="font-family:monospace;font-size:13px;"><br></div></div></div>
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On Monday, May 20, 2019, 10:15:43 AM CDT, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
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</div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><br></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, May 20, 2019</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">Klingon word: vID'Ir</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">Part of speech: noun</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">Definition: baffle</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">Source: BOP</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">tel vID'Irmey </div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">wing baffles (KBoP)</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">(ghunchu'wI' [date?]): They're specifically the multiple interleaved "plates" at the hinged area which slide past one another as the wing changes orientation between attack, cruise, and landing configuration. (My theory is that they help keep the warp field "smooth" so it can't be detected from a distance when the cloaking device is active.)</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">(Russ Perry [date?]): According to <a shape="rect" href="http://www.m-w.com " rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_9283093857">http://www.m-w.com </a> a baffle is "a device (as a plate, wall, or screen) to deflect, check, or regulate flow (as of a fluid, light, or sound)". I think typically a sound baffle is to carry the sound away from occupied areas. On a starship it might vent heat out of the ship, or at least away from the engines to cool them down."</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">SEE ALSO:</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">nech be lateral, move laterally [use for "slide"?]</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">QanwI' guard (n) [i.e. protective armor plating on a BOP]</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">vol pane, panel, sheet (not for bed) (n) [use for metal plate?]</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">Another option for metal plate might be *{baS beQ}, modelled on {nagh beQ} "stone panel".</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">Voragh</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">Ca'Non Master of the Klingons</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="ydp3345abe6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
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