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=== Measurements ===
=== Measurements ===


* [[centon]]: a minute of Colonial time
* centar: an hour of Colonial time
* [[megon]]: a ton
* centon: a minute of Colonial time
* metron: a Colonial meter
* [[megon]]: megaton
* [[micron]]: a second of Colonial time
* metric: a Colonial meter
* [[micron]]: one hundreth of a centon, 0.6 seconds
* radion: a Colonial unit of radiation
* sectar: a month of Colonial time
* secton: a week of Colonial time
* volton: Colonial unit of voltage
* wavelon: Colonial unit of wavelenght
* [[yahren]]: a year of Colonial time
* [[yahren]]: a year of Colonial time



Revision as of 22:59, 12 September 2006

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 performer with a group of four Vipers (War of the Gods, Part I)
  • Warrior: an all purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot

Other colloquialisms

Battlestar Galactica specific terms

Measurements

  • centar: an hour of Colonial time
  • centon: a minute of Colonial time
  • megon: megaton
  • metric: a Colonial meter
  • micron: one hundreth of a centon, 0.6 seconds
  • radion: a Colonial unit of radiation
  • sectar: a month of Colonial time
  • secton: a week of Colonial time
  • volton: Colonial unit of voltage
  • wavelon: Colonial unit of wavelenght
  • yahren: a year of Colonial time