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* [[daggit|wardaggit]]: "war dog" ([[The Living Legend, Part I]])
* [[daggit|wardaggit]]: "war dog" ([[The Living Legend, Part I]])


=== Measurements ===
=== Units of Measure ===


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| width="99" | [[Yahren|yahren]]
| width="99" | [[Yahren|yahren]]
| width="99" | [[Wikipedia:Year|year]]   [[#Yahren note|†]]
| width="99" | [[Wikipedia:Year|year]]   [[#Table notes|†]]
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| [[Quatron|quatron]]
| [[Quatron|quatron]]
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| 10 minutes
| 10 minutes
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| [[Centon|centon]]
| [[Centon|centon]]  
| minute
| minute   [[#Table notes|†]]
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| [[Micron (TOS)|micron]]
| [[Micron (TOS)|micron]]
| second
| second [[#Table notes|†]]
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| [[Microcenton|microcenton]]
| [[Microcenton|microcenton]]
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| [[sectar (TOS)|sectar]]
| [[sectar (TOS)|sectar]]
| [[Wikipedia:Miles|9 Million Miles (?)]]
| [[Wikipedia:Miles|9 Million Miles (?)]]  [[#Table notes|†]]
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| [[metric]]
| [[metric]]
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| [[metron]]
| [[metron]]
| [[Wikipedia:Metre|meter]]
| [[Wikipedia:Metre|meter]] [[#Table notes|†]]
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| colspan="2" align="center" class="infoboxheader" | Scientific measurements
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1 yahren ''may'' be only about 2/3 of a year; see [[Yahren#Note|note]].
====Table notes====
# Yahren ''may'' be only about 2/3 of a year; see [[Yahren#Note|note]].
# In episodes such as "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]", centon was used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.
# "Metron" is used in a [[List of Deleted Scenes (TOS)#Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|deleted scene]] as [[Serina]] approaches the starboard landing bay ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]); likely similar to a meter, which is known as a "metric" in other episodes
#  [[micron|microcenton]] is likely another term for "micron"; [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] uses this term when he says "switching off [[Intercept 2|of you]] for a microcenton to scan ahead" ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]])
# A [[Sectar (TOS)|sectar]] is an unknown unit of measure, measuring either distance or time.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 17:25, 31 May 2007

This is a listing of terms in the Original Series. For terms used in the Re-imagined Series, see List of terms (RDM).

Acronyms

Military jargon

  • "four-point peel off": a maneuver performed with a group of four Vipers (War of the Gods, Part I)
  • "maximum G-climb": a maneuver done near a celestial body, which may cause the pilot to blackout; Starbuck orders C.O.R.A. to perform this maeuver, which causes the pursuing Raider to crash into the loading docks on Proteus (The Lost Warrior)
  • "stand alert": Colonial term for "attention" (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
  • "stripped and moduled": a consequence of severe infractues in military law, likely similar to being stripped of one's rank and thrown in hack; Greenbean expresses a fear of this happening as Giles asks where he got the alcohol from (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
  • Warrior: an all purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot

Sayings

  • "laser in their side": analogue to "thorn in their side", Starbuck uses this term to describe how the actions of Megan's surviving children have kept their father alive at Cylon hands (The Young Lords).

Other colloquialisms

Battlestar Galactica specific terms

Units of Measure

BSG Unit Earth Unit
Time measurements
yahren year   †
quatron month
secton week
time cycle day
centar hour
millicenton 10 minutes
centon minute   †
micron second †
microcenton second
Distance measurements
parsec 90 Million Miles
hectar 9 Million Miles
sectar 9 Million Miles (?) †
metric kilometer
maxim 10 meters
metron meter †
Scientific measurements
ergon unknown
megon megaton
radion rad
volton voltage
wavelon wavelength

Table notes

  1. Yahren may be only about 2/3 of a year; see note.
  2. In episodes such as "Saga of a Star World" and "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I", centon was used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.
  3. "Metron" is used in a deleted scene as Serina approaches the starboard landing bay (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II); likely similar to a meter, which is known as a "metric" in other episodes
  4. microcenton is likely another term for "micron"; Starbuck uses this term when he says "switching off of you for a microcenton to scan ahead" (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II)
  5. A sectar is an unknown unit of measure, measuring either distance or time.

See also

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