The particles of Star Trek

Star Trek is one of the greatest sources of technobabble ever. Tons of pseudo-science is written for the series to create fancy "scientific" explanations for the particles, force fields and other bogus sci-fi occurrences.

Following particles and other phenomena have been used in Star Trek:

(Note that many of these are real-world phenomena too, not just Trekkie gibberish)

• acetin
• acetylcholine
• acid dichloride
• actinides
• amniotic fluid
• anestascene
• antichroniton
• antigraviton
• antilepton interference
• antimatter
• antineutrino
• antineutron
• antiproton
• antitime
• anyon
• argine
• badlands
• baryon
• Berthold radiation
• Berthold rays
• bicaridine
• bilitrium
• biogenic field
• bitrium
• boridium
• Brill cheese
• calendenium
• carbon neutronium
• carbrodine
• cast rodinium
• chemicite
• chroniton
• chronometric particle
• cobalt dinitrate
• corbomite
• cordrizene
• cormoline
• corodum
• cosmic string
• cryptobiolin
• cyanoacrylate
• cyrillium
• dark matter
• De Broglie waves
• dechyon
• delta rays
• dermateralean plasticine
• deuridium
• deuterium
• diburinium
• diburnium-osmium alloy
• dicoromium
• dicosilium
• dilithium
• displacement wave
• disruptor beam
• dolamide
• duranium
• E-band radiation
• Eichner radiation
• electrophoretic energy
• felicium
• fistrium
• fluidic space
• fortanium
• genesis wave
• gold-pressed latinum
• graviton
• holomatter
• hyperon
• hytritium
• ilium 629
• infernite
• inversion nebula
• invidium
• iogenic particles
• ion
• ionic pulse
• iridium
• isoboromine
• jakmanite
• jevonite
• kayolane
• kedion
• kelbonite
• ketracel white
• kinoplasmic radiation
• kironide
• koranium
• Kreeger waves
• lepton
• lucrovexitrin
• magneton
• meranium
• merculite
• meson
• metaphasic shield
• metrion
• muon
• nadion
• nanites
• neodilithium
• neurogenic field
• neutrino
• neutron radiation
• neutronium
• nitrium
• nucleogenic
• nucleonic particle
• nucleonic radiation
• omega
• omicron
• particle signature
• pergium
• phospholipid fibers
• photochronic
• photonic energy
• plasma
• polaric ion
• polaron
• positron
• preanimate matter
• Promethean quartz
• protomatter
• proton
• protoplasm
• psilocynine
• pulse compression wave
• pyroclastics
• quadrotriticale
• quantum filament
• retinox
• rybo-viroxic-nucleic structures
• ritalin
• roginium
• rubindium
• salskinum
• sarium
• Scalosian water
• selanogen
• selgnineam
• serotonin
• soliton wave
• sorium
• sporocystain
• static warp bubble
• steelplast
• styrolite
• synthehol
• tachyon
• talgonite
• Tantalus field
• tellerium
• temporal wake
• terminium
• terracon
• terrion
• tetralubisol
• tetryon
• thalium
• thoron
• titanium
• total conversion ray
• transparent aluminum
• trianium
• triceron
• tricobalt
• tricyanate
• trigenic vapor
• trilithium
• trillium 323
• trimagnesite
• trinimbic turbulence
• triolic wave
• triox
• tritanium
• tritium
• tryptamine
• ultritium
• venderite
• verdion
• veridium
• verteron
• victurium alloy
• virtual
• warp particle
• warp shell
• wormholes
• yominium sulfide
• Z particle
• zenite

The original list compiled by Steven Grimm.

Does anyone else feel like singing this node title to the old 80s Re-flex hit "The Politics of Dancing"?

We got the message
It came in over subspace
The Federation
is in danger!

But the Bussard collectors
Need resynchronization
The polarized plating
underwent tessellation!

Well you know you can't grok it
When they talk that way
What did Scotty just say?

The particles of Star Trek -
The particles of oooh reaching warp.
The particles of subspace, uh huh yeah,
Is the physics understood?

The dilithium chamber
and the plasma injectors
have overloaded
trans-dimensional vectors!

The antimatter fill port's
venting in the drive section!
The intermix chamber's throbbing
like an enormous erection!

Well you know you can't grok it
When they talk that way
What did Geordi just say?

The particles of Star Trek
The particles of the deflector grid
The starboard power coupling, uh huh yeah
Why does it always fail?

The particles of Star Trek.
The particles of the chambers coil!
The particles of photon torpedos yeah!
Is the physics understood?

"Hailing frequencies open, Captain!"