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:'''Answards:''' The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise.
:'''Answards:''' The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise.
:'''Becker:''' Person with feet.
:'''Becker:''' Person with feet.
:'''Bull:''' A soldier drone.
:'''Cow:''' A worker drone.
:'''Crush, The:''' The symptoms of spending time in gravity.
:'''Crush, The:''' The symptoms of spending time in gravity.
:'''Decline:''' The direction of decreasing inclination.
:'''Decline:''' The direction of decreasing inclination.
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:'''Rain:''' Micrometeorite impacts.
:'''Rain:''' Micrometeorite impacts.
:'''Saz:''' A spacesuit. More strictly a space activity suit, so rarely used for suits for children.
:'''Saz:''' A spacesuit. More strictly a space activity suit, so rarely used for suits for children.
:'''Sharp-vel:''' A hostile or hybrid drone.
:'''Spinbound:''' In spin-gravity. More generally, people or things originating from spin-gravity societies.
:'''Spinbound:''' In spin-gravity. More generally, people or things originating from spin-gravity societies.
:'''Spinner:''' Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.
:'''Spinner:''' Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.
:'''Spinwards:''' The direction of standard orbital motion. Anticlockwise.
:'''Spinwards:''' The direction of standard orbital motion. Anticlockwise.
:'''Spun:''' Someone who has difficulty adjusting to zero-g.
:'''Starwards:''' The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.
:'''Starwards:''' The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.
:'''Tub:''' Unpowered spacecraft.
:'''Tub:''' Unpowered spacecraft.
:'''Up:''' The direction from the feet to the head of the speaker. In a well, against gravity.
:'''Up:''' The direction from the feet to the head of the speaker. In a well, against gravity.
:'''Vel:''' A drone.
:'''Walk:''' Spacewalk.
:'''Walk:''' Spacewalk.
:'''Wellbound:''' In a gravity well. More generally, people or things originating from planetary societies.
:'''Wellbound:''' In a gravity well. More generally, people or things originating from planetary societies.
:'''Welldweller:''' Person who lives in gravity.
:'''Welldweller:''' Person who lives in gravity.
:'''Wellwards:''' The direction of decreasing radius, especially in space.
:'''Wellwards:''' The direction of decreasing radius, especially in space.

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Answards: The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise.
Becker: Person with feet.
Bull: A soldier drone.
Cow: A worker drone.
Crush, The: The symptoms of spending time in gravity.
Decline: The direction of decreasing inclination.
Down: The direction from the head to the feet of the speaker. In a well, with gravity.
Garn: A person suffering from space sickness.
Ground pounder: A foreigner clumsy in zero-gravity, or any oafish welldweller.
Hitler: A Magnate.
Incline: The direction of increasing inclination.
Island: A colony with an artificial superstructure (i.e. not an asteroid colony)
Lopez: A large asteroid.
Rain: Micrometeorite impacts.
Saz: A spacesuit. More strictly a space activity suit, so rarely used for suits for children.
Sharp-vel: A hostile or hybrid drone.
Spinbound: In spin-gravity. More generally, people or things originating from spin-gravity societies.
Spinner: Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.
Spinwards: The direction of standard orbital motion. Anticlockwise.
Spun: Someone who has difficulty adjusting to zero-g.
Starwards: The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.
Tub: Unpowered spacecraft.
Up: The direction from the feet to the head of the speaker. In a well, against gravity.
Vel: A drone.
Walk: Spacewalk.
Wellbound: In a gravity well. More generally, people or things originating from planetary societies.
Welldweller: Person who lives in gravity.
Wellwards: The direction of decreasing radius, especially in space.
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