Glossary — H
- habari gani
- what's the news? (language=Waswahili)
- hacker
- a custom configuration of agent and automata to accomplish a personal
chore (language=Yeibichai/slang)
- haere mai
- welcome (language=Maaori); on Yeibichai,
a small-leafed, luxuriant vine that titters easily in the wind, typically
used in or around entrance rooms
- hai
- yes (language=Kyotsu-go)
- hakra
- antelope (language=Nostratic)
- henakandaya
- a slender green snake (language=Sinhalese); probable origin of
"anaconda" in English; a large semiaquatic constricting snake
(Eunectes murinus) of the boa family of tropical [Sud América] that may
reach a length of 9.1 meters; broadly any of the large constricting snakes
[Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; see cue/www=Merriam-Webster
OnLine]
- hauhau
- small tree (language=Rapa Nui) (aka Easter Island), used for fiber,
related to linden
- Hoberman stretcher
- an extrapolation of Hoberman Unfolding Structures not yet developed.
"Unfolding Structures are objects that change their size and shape.
Their process of transformation is smooth, fluid and continuous. Shape
implies structure. Transformation implies mechanism. In [Hoberman's] work,
mechanical and structural functions are mutually reinforcing. These two
functions are unified through the underlying geometry of Unfolding
Structures. This geometric principle provides a method of making linkages
whose size changes, but whose overall shape remains constant. Each piece of
an Unfolding Structure performs a dual function. Its members form a
structural network that spans distances, supports loads and provides
shelter. Yet these same pieces are also the links of a mechanism,
transferring forces to create movement. They are constructed of many simple
parts that are connected by hinges or pivots. The complete transformation of
size and shape develops from the accumulation of incremental movements
between neighboring pieces. The result is synergistic: the behavior of the
whole is unpredicted by its parts. See cue/www=http://www.hoberman.com
or cue/email=designs@hoberman.com
- holoscreen
- display screen for infraware,
whether stationary or llevar,
comprised of a projection into mid-air of a 3-dimensional virtual reality
(actually, this method of display should be obvious as SF has been using it
for years); see also foilscreen
(language=Yeibichai/tek)
- honey-jug plant
- similar to the terrestrial pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant of various
taxonomic families found in Europe, America, and Australia; the interior of
this jug-shaped plant offers a sweet nectar that attracts insects, which
fall inside to be digested by enzymes [adapted from Encyclopædia
Britannica]
- Honi soit qui mal y pense
- Shamed be he who thinks evil of it (language=Français; motto of the
Order of the Garter); literally, evil to him who evil thinks [Roget's
Pocket Thesaurus]
- house-row
- From Center for Environmental Structure's A Pattern Language,
their "Row House" Pattern: "At densities of 15 to 30 houses
per acre, row houses are essential. But typical row houses are dark inside,
and stamped from an identical mold. Therefore: For row houses, place houses
along pedestrian paths that run at right angles to local roads and parking
lots, and give each house a long frontage and a shallow depth. # Make the
individual houses and cottages as long and thin along the paths as possible
— LONG THIN HOUSE; vary the houses according to the different household
types — THE FAMILY, HOUSE FOR A SMALL FAMILY, HOUSE FOR A COUPLE, HOUSE
FOR ONE PERSON; build roads across the paths, at right angles to them —
PARALLEL ROADS, NETWORK OF PATHS AND CARS, with small parking lots off the
road - SMALL PARKING LOTS. In other respects build row houses in clusters
— HOUSE CLUSTER, BUILDING COMPLEX." [Alexander et alia; see Acknowledgments]
- Huevadas
- Accursed things, actually based on the word for "egg," one that's gotten cracked and therefore, is crazy or gone bad or both (language=Cheleno a form of Castellano spoken in Chile) [Paola Klinger]
- Huevones
- Accursed people, origin similar to Huevadas (language=Cheleno a form of Castellano spoken in Chile) [Paola Klinger]
- human dream archetypes
- some of those who interpret dreams say that dreams mostly fit a set of archetypes, which of course vary according to the school of interpretation. I've used this concept when describing how dreamsticks and dreamballs work; specificially I've referred to replay-dreams about experiences common to humans, such as:
 | 0 = the womb
| 3a = learning how to crawl
| 3b = learning how to walk
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