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| width="99" | [[Yahren|yahren]]
| width="99" | [[Yahren|yahren]]
| width="99" | [[Wikipedia:Year|year]] &nbsp; [[#Table notes|&dagger;]]
| width="99" | [[Wikipedia:Year|year]]<ref>Yahren ''may'' be only about 2/3 of a year; see [[Yahren#Note|note]].</ref>
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| [[quatron]]
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| [[centon]]  
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| minute &nbsp; [[#Table notes|&dagger;]]
| minute<ref>In episodes such as "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]", centon is used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.</ref>
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| [[micron]]
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| [[microcenton]]
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| second [[#Table notes|&dagger;]]
| second<ref>[[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]])</ref>
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| colspan="2" align="center" class="infoboxheader" | Distance measurements
| colspan="2" align="center" class="infoboxheader" | Distance measurements
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| [[sectar (unit)|sectar]]
| [[sectar (unit)|sectar]]
| [[Wikipedia:Miles|9 Million Miles (?)]] [[#Table notes|&dagger;]]
| [[Wikipedia:Miles|9 Million Miles (?)]]<ref>A [[Sectar (TOS)|sectar]] is an unknown unit of measure, measuring either distance or time.</ref>
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| [[metric]]
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| [[metron]]
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| [[Wikipedia:Metre|meter]] [[#Table notes|&dagger;]]
| [[Wikipedia:Metre|meter]]<ref>"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.</ref>
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| colspan="2" align="center" class="infoboxheader" | Scientific measurements
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====Table notes====
====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 is used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.
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#  [[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.
# "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.


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

Revision as of 19:33, 21 December 2007

This is a listing of terms in the Original Series. For terms seen in the Original Series' spin-off, Galactica 1980, see List of terms (1980). For terms used in the Re-imagined Series, see List of terms (RDM).

Acronyms[edit]

Military jargon[edit]

Sayings[edit]

  • "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[edit]

Battlestar Galactica specific terms[edit]

Units of Measure[edit]

BSG Unit Earth Unit
Time measurements
yahren year[1]
quatron month
secton week
time cycle day
centar hour
millicenton 10 minutes
centon minute[2]
micron second
microcenton second[3]
Distance measurements
parsec 90 Million Miles
hectar 9 Million Miles
sectar 9 Million Miles (?)[4]
metric kilometer
maxim 10 meters
metron meter[5]
Scientific measurements
ergon unknown
megon megaton
radion rad
volton voltage
wavelon wavelength

Table notes[edit]

  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 is used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.
  3. 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)
  4. A sectar is an unknown unit of measure, measuring either distance or time.
  5. "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.

See also[edit]