[Tlhingan-hol] "Containment field"

[Steven Boozer]

Fiat Knox:
> Damn my memory. Has the term "containment field" turned
> up in canon?  Skybox BoP card maybe?

No AFAIK, though I once toyed with *{rugh ngaSmeH pa'/bobcho'} "antimatter containment chamber/pod".

> If so, what is the reference (and any correct translation,
> because I don't know if *chem* stands on its own so I've

Here are the 4 examples of {chem} I'm aware of:

  HoSchem   energy field
  pIvchem   warp field
  Surchem   force field
  peQ chem  magnetic field (N.B. 2 words in TKD Add.)

> gone with *ngaSlu'meH HoSchem "containment forcefield").
 
{-lu'} always confuses me, but shouldn't that be *{ngaSmeH HoSchem} "forcefield for containing [something]"?

Today's WOTD suggests *{weghmeH HoSchem} "confinement forcefield" used to confine something inside it - i.e. prevent something from escaping or leaving - not merely contain or have something inside.

For comparison note {luHwI' tIH} "tractor beam" using the nomen agentis of the verb {luH} "yank" instead of a compound noun or {-meH}.


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Voragh
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