New words and its Unknown meanings from Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroop/Vishwaroopam.
Vishwaroopapedia By Madhusudhanan Thandapani.
JFK = John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, USA, commonly known as JFK
Killjoy = One who spoils the enthusiasm or fun of others.
Muller = Walther Muller was a German physicist, most well known for his
improvement of Hans Geiger's counter for ionizing radiation, now known
as the Geiger-Muller tube. Walther Müller studied physics, chemistry and
philosophy at the University of Kiel. In 1925 he became the first PhD
student of Hans Geiger, who had just got a professorship in Kiel. Their
work on ionization of gases by collision lead to the invention of the
Geiger-Müller counter, a now indispensable tool for measuring
radioactive radiation.
Cockold = Married man with a sexually unfaithful wife
Dirty Bomb = A dirty bomb is a speculative radiological weapon that
combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. The purpose
of the weapon is to contaminate the area around the dispersal
agent/conventional explosion with radioactive material, serving
primarily as an aerial denial device against civilians. It is however
not to be confused with a nuclear explosion, such as a fission bomb,
which by releasing nuclear energy produces blast effects far in excess
of what is achievable by the use of conventional explosives.
Roughstuff = violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting,
unnecessary violence or infractions of the rules, as in sports, blatant
vulgarity or obscenity.
Pashto = Language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Opium = Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy. Opium
contains approximately 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently
processed chemically to
produce heroin for the illegal drug trade.
Bug = Conceal a miniature microphone in (a room, telephone, etc.) in order to monitor or record someone's conversations
Hijack Locket - ???
Emotional Baggage = the feelings you have about your past and the
things that have happened to you, which often have a negative effect on
your behaviour and attitudes
Smart Ass = A person who, by means
of purpsose or not, uses sarcasm to have a laugh. A person who, on a
regular bases, annoys the hell out of people with their
sarcastic-attitude.
Crucify - to put to death by nailing or binding the wrists or hands and feet to a cross (Jesus)
Geiger counter = A Geiger–Müller counter, also called a Geiger counter,
is a type of particle detector that measures ionizing radiation. It
detects the emission of nuclear
radiation — alpha particles, beta
particles, or gamma rays — by the ionization produced in a low-pressure
gas in a Geiger–Müller tube, which gives its name to the instrument. In
wide and prominent use as a hand-held radiation survey instrument, it is
perhaps society's best-known radiation instrument.
Homeland
Security = The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a
cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in
response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary
responsibilities of protecting the United States of America and U.S.
territories (including Protectorates)[vague] from and responding to
terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters.
Nitroglycerin = Nitroglycerin is used medically as a vasodilator to
treat heart conditions, such as angina and chronic heart failure. Having
been used for over 130 years, nitroglycerin is one of the oldest and
most useful drugs for treating and preventing attacks of angina
pectoris. Though it was previously known that these effects arise
because nitroglycerin is converted to nitric oxide, a potent
vasodilator, it was not until 2002 that the enzyme for this conversion
was discovered to be mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase. Nitroglycerin
comes in forms of tablets, sprays or patches. It has been suggested for
other uses also, such as an adjunct therapy in prostate cancer.
Hunch = An intuitive feeling or a premonition e.g. had a hunch that he would lose
SWAT Team = SWAT ("Special Weapons And Tactics") is a commonly-used
proper name for law enforcement units, which use military-style light
weapons and specialized tactics in high-risk operations that fall
outside of the abilities of regular, uniformed police."SWAT" is
commonly-used internationally, as a colloquial, generic term for these
units.Their duties include: confronting heavily-armed criminals;
performing hostage rescue and counter-terrorism operations; high risk
arrests and; entering armored or barricaded buildings. Such units are
often equipped with specialized firearms including submachine guns,
assault rifles, breaching shotguns, riot control agents, stun grenades,
and sniper rifles. They have specialized equipment including heavy body
armor, ballistic shields, entry tools, armored vehicles, advanced night
vision optics, and motion detectors for covertly determining the
positions of hostages or hostage takers, inside enclosed structures.
NEST = The Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) (formerly known as the
Nuclear Emergency Search Team) is a team of scientists, technicians,
and engineers operating under the United States Department of Energy's
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Their task is to be
"prepared to respond immediately to any type of radiological accident or
incident anywhere in the world".
Faraday shield = A Faraday
cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure formed by conducting material or
by a mesh of such material. Such an enclosure blocks external static and
non-static electric fields. Faraday cages are named after the English
scientist Michael Faraday, who invented them in 1836.The reception or
transmission of radio waves, a form of electromagnetic radiation, to or
from an antenna within a Faraday cage are heavily attenuated or blocked
by a Faraday cage.
A microwave oven is an example of an inside out Faraday cage, keeping the RF energy within the cage rather than keeping it out.
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