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dilithium
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In the Star Trek fictional universe , dilithium is an invented material which serves as a controlling agent in the faster-than-light warp drive . In the original series, dilithium crystals were rare and could not be replicated , making the search for them ...
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n. 1 A fictional crystalline mineral in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, described as an essential component of anti-matter energy generation systems. 2 (context inorganic compound English) The diatomic molecule Li 2 found in the gas phase. 3 (context chemistry ...
Usage examples of dilithium.
Uhura crossed to the food service unit in the corner, where the quiet, dark-haired ensign was guarding a steaming kettle of soup and half a loaf of rehydrated bread as conscientiously as if they were made of dilithium.
But I've just discovered an element in the alloy's waste will allow me to compensate for the problem with the theta-matric compositing system, increasing the speed of the dilithium recrystalliza-tion.
Although he knew that Commander Grace’s modifications to the deflector shields protected the ship’s dilithium crystals from the region’s debilitative effects, it was still comforting to be back in normal space.
Even at the lower speeds, with such extended use, you start running into problems like dilithium crystal embrittlement, plasma-bottle deterioration, and that kind of thing.
Darkened engine rooms would thunder with the pulse of great dilithium hearts, and the blood and muscle organs in the chests of her eager crew would leap up in answer, until what finally ignited her sleeping warp core was that combined symphony of animal and mineral, creature and machine.
Of course, I had to do it in my quarters and not in the dilithium lab so as not to upset my good friend Montgomery, who studied multiphysics with an ass and cannot be held responsible for his beliefs.
And he was having an affair with a multisexual chief engineer, who was in turn (according to the latest rumors, and since the entire vessel seemed to be powered not by dilithium crystals but by innuendo, it was probably accurate) serving to sate the mating lust of the normally staid chief medical officer.
Akladi was not a planet of great natural gifts, except for the isotope of protactinium necessary for the cracking of dilithium.
Formerly exploited by the Romulans as slave laborers in the dilithium mines of their all-but-uninhabitable homeworld of Remus, the Remans have used the current political turmoil to add to the pool of ships and weaponry they apparently began assembling quietly during the manifold distractions of the Dominion War.