Quar (or quarahedron)

A four dimensional hypercube containing 8 normal cubes.

Quarvine

A rare, hard, semitranslucent, round, waterworn pebble of sedimentary type found in the alluvial deposits of Carinthia. A single specimem was found with a hardness of 7, specific gravity of 3.6, refractive index of 1.60-1.65, birefraction value of 0.008, surface luster of vitreous to pearly. Some chatoyancy is claimed.

The composition is a complex, hydrated, iron vanadium silicate. It is the odd characteristic of the quarvine that its crystalline structure exhibits an unexplained, motile morphology. Ancient accounts by Cartovanius of Noricum claimed the stone was one of the fabled lamiastones of Greek mythology. (See Lamiastone)

Quex (or quexahedron)

A six dimensional hypercube containing 12 quins.

Quin (or quinahedron or cuquin)

A five dimensional hypercube containing 10 quars.

Also a unit of measure for the size of a hole in space-possibility-time.

Ring of the Nibelungs

According to an old Germanic legend, a ring of power forged by the Nibelung, Alberich, from a sacred Rhine treasure, then cursed by him when extorted by the envious gods. Though rumored to offer the power to conquer the world, the ring instead brings misery to all who possess it. After much intrigue, the destruction of Valhalla and the gods, the Ring is eventually returned to the Rhine.

The Ring of the Nibelungs is the basis for the libretto of Richard Wagner's cycle of four operas by the same name.

SBI

The Svyadoshch-Budzynski Interface used to connect the sleeper with the Cybernet Interface Computer or CIC. The SBI is an interpreter of brain waves and other parameters.

The Snag

Larry Kato's moral dilemma and ...

Ivan Kovrani's nightmare of the blighted forest, of the foul threesome - of what he was, of what She was, and what he would soon be.

Sorel

An aeonian race of timeshapers threatened by the Xenonadir. Their societies, though highly advanced and creative were unusual for the lack of governments, police, judges, civil machinery of any kind. They were individuals ruled by the laws of logic, of mathematics. (See Xenonadir)

S-T-X or S-T

Letters indicating space (S), time (T) and uncertainty (X).

Superwindow

A paraview of space or time aperture dangerously larger than normally experienced. This varies with the individual from 0.3 to 0.6 cicabytes.

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