Minkowskan English

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Answards: The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise.

Down: The direction along the torso from the head to the abdomen of the speaker. The direction of decreasing inclination.

Ground Pounder: A welldweller clumsy in zero-gravity.

Island: A colony with an artificial superstructure (i.e. not an asteroid colony)

Lope: A large asteroid.

North: One pole of a magnet. The direction of increasing inclination.

Saz: A spacesuit. More strictly a space activity suit, so rarely used for suits for children.

Spinner: Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.

Spinwards: The direction of standard orbital motion. Anticlockwise.

South: The direction of decreasing inclination.

Starwards: The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.

Up: The direction along the torso from the abdomen to the head of the speaker. The direction of increasing inclination.

Wellbound: In a gravity well. More generally, things originating from planetary societies.

Welldweller: Person who lives in gravity.

Wellwards: The direction of decreasing radius, especially in space.