Definitions by zachwolff

greasel 

1. vegetable oil used to power a diesel engine, also called SVO
2. a company selling kits to convert a diesel engine to run on vegetable oil, online at www.greasel.com

Remember that greasel is not biodiesel. Greasel is plain ol' veggie oil, but biodiesel is vegetable oil converted to diesel fuel by chemical treatment.

greasel by zachwolff November 11, 2003

gluon 

One of the basic building blocks of the universe. Gluons are subatomic particles that transmit forces in quantum theory.

I wonder if they'll ever discover the gluon for gravity. . .

gluon by zachwolff October 20, 2003

electron

One of the basic building blocks of the universe. Electrons are negatively charged and have a miniscule mass.

Are electrons waves or particles? Neither.

electron by zachwolff October 20, 2003

granfalloon

A group of people united only in a superficial manner.

You're from Kansas; I'm from Kansas. Yay. I'm not interested in these petty granfalloons.

granfalloon by zachwolff October 20, 2003

Mass 

1. the amount of matter something consists of
2. relating to the masses, that is, of large numbers of people
3. a Catholic religious ceremony

1. Do you know the mass of an wordelectron?
2. There was a mass demonstration against the war.
3. I've been to Mass twice, and I'm not even Catholic.

Mass by zachwolff October 20, 2003

karass 

A group of people linked in a cosmically significant manner, even when superficial linkages are not evident. Created by Kurt Vonnegut.

When I met Thomas, I quickly got the feeling that he was part of my karass.

karass by zachwolff October 20, 2003

quark

The smallest known building blocks of matter. Protons and neutrons are each made of 3 quarks. Quarks are never found alone, only in groups of two or more. An attempt to separate two quarks generates enough energy to create two more.

Quarks, wordgluons, wordelectrons, damn physics is hot!

quark by zachwolff October 20, 2003