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 ------------------------------Original Message------------------------------ From: tlhIngan-Hol On Behalf Of Steven Boozer Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 9:30 AM Klingon word: rI'gheS Part of speech: noun Definition: deflector (singular) Source: qep'a' 27 [2020] _______________________________________________ (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) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.