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Terminology of the Imperium
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DARAL-HIKMAN:schoolofreligioustranslationorinterpretation.
DARKTHINGS:idiomaticfortheinfectioussuperstitionstaughtbytheMissionariaProtectivatosusceptiblecivilizations.
DEATHTRIPOD:originally,thetripoduponwhichdesertexecutionershangedtheirvictims.Byusage:thethreemembersofaCheremsworntothesamerevenge.
DERCH:rightturn;awormsteersman’scall.
DEWCOLLECTORSorDEWPRECIPITATORS:nottobeconfusedwithdewgatherers.Collectorsorprecipitatorsareegg-shapeddevicesaboutfourcentimetersonthelongaxis.Theyaremadeofchromoplasticthatturnsareflectingwhitewhensubjectedtolight,andrevertstotransparencyindarkness.
Thecollectorformsamarkedlycoldsurfaceuponwhichdawndewwillprecipitate.TheyareusedbyFrementolineconcaveplantingdepressionswheretheyprovideasmallbutreliablesourceofwater.
DEWGATHERERS:workerswhoreapdewfromtheplantsofArrakis,usingascythelikedewreaper.
DEMIBROTHERS:sonsofconcubinesinthesamehouseholdandcertifiedashavingthesamefather.
DICTUMFAMILIA:thatruleoftheGreatConventionwhichprohibitstheslayingofaroyalpersonormemberofaGreatHousebyinformaltreachery.
Therulesetsuptheformaloutlineandlimitsthemeansofassassination.
DISTRANS:adeviceforproducingatemporaryneuralimprintonthenervoussystemofChiropteraorbirds.Thecreature’snormalcrythencarriesthemessageimprintwhichcanbesortedfromthatcarrierwavebyanotherdistrans.
DRUMSAND:impactionofsandinsuchawaythatanysuddenblowagainstitssurfaceproducesadistinctdrumsound.
