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* [[spacedrome]]: a space port ([[Saga of a Star World]])
* [[spacedrome]]: a space port ([[Saga of a Star World]])
* tape coder: a voice recording device; [[Thane]] successfully passes off a [[hand mine]] as a device ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II]])
* tape coder: a voice recording device; [[Thane]] successfully passes off a [[hand mine]] as a device ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II]])
* [[turboflush]]: a toilet ([[Greetings from Earth]])
* turboram thruster: a type of engine or thruster; in a [[List of Deleted Scenes (TOS)#Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|deleted scene]] where Serina completes her first landing, Serina turns off this part of the [[Colonial shuttle]] as a part of her landing sequence ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]])
* [[turboshower]]: a shower ([[Murder on the Rising Star]])
* travelator: a travel agent ([[Saga of a Star World]])
* travelator: a travel agent ([[Saga of a Star World]])
* [[triad (TOS)|triad]]: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball
* [[triad (TOS)|triad]]: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball

Revision as of 22:18, 1 January 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[edit]

Military jargon[edit]

  • "four-point peel off": a maneuver performed with a group of four Vipers (War of the Gods, Part I)
  • Warrior: an all purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot

Sayings[edit]

Other colloquialisms[edit]

Battlestar Galactica specific terms[edit]

Measurements[edit]

  • centar: an hour of Colonial time
  • centon: a minute of Colonial time
  • megon: megaton
  • metric: a Colonial meter
  • metron: a unit of measurement, 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
  • micron: one hundreth of a centon, 0.6 seconds
  • millicenton: a period of roughly 10 minutes, or 1/1000 of a secton
  • radion: a Colonial unit of radiation, likley a rad
  • sectar: a month of Colonial time
  • secton: a week of Colonial time
  • volton: Colonial unit of voltage
  • wavelon: Colonial unit of wavelength
  • yahren: a year of Colonial time

See also[edit]