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[[File:Selgninaem.jpg|thumb|The atomic structure of selgninaem]]
 
[[File:Selgninaem.jpg|thumb|The atomic structure of selgninaem]]
'''Selgninaem''' is a substance that isn't normally picked up by the [[sensors]] of a {{ShipClass|Galaxy}} [[starship]].
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'''Selgninaem sulfide''', or just '''Selgninaem''', was a substance that wasn't normally picked up by the [[sensor]]s of a {{Class|Galaxy}} [[starship]]. This substance was processed in the [[Rigel system|Rigellian colonies]] for use as a catalyst in industrial biochemical systems.
   
Furthermore, along with [[invidium]], [[saltzgadum]], [[lucovexitrin]] and [[jakmanite]], it is one of only five undetectable substances that can exist in a [[nitrogen]]-[[oxygen]] [[atmosphere]] and can alter the [[molecule|molecular]] structure of glass.
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Furthermore, along with [[invidium]], [[saltzgadum]], [[lucovexitrin]], and [[jakmanite]], it was one of only five undetectable substances that can exist in a [[nitrogen]]-[[oxygen]] [[atmosphere]] and can alter the [[molecule|molecular]] structure of [[glass]].
   
Selgninaem is highly toxic and was thereby ruled out as having caused the malfunctions aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} at the end of [[2366]], as the whole [[crew]] would have [[death|died]] of [[poison]]ing. ({{TNG|Hollow Pursuits}})
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Selgninaem is highly [[toxic]] and was thereby ruled out as having caused the malfunctions aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} at the end of [[2366]], as the whole [[crew]] would have [[death|died]] of [[poison]]ing. ({{TNG|Hollow Pursuits}})
   
{{bginfo|Selgninaem is 'meaningles(s)' spelled backwards.}}
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{{bginfo|The ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' (2nd ed., p. 436), notes that Selgninaem is 'meaningles(s)' spelled backwards.}}
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Revision as of 20:46, 28 May 2013

Selgninaem

The atomic structure of selgninaem

Selgninaem sulfide, or just Selgninaem, was a substance that wasn't normally picked up by the sensors of a Galaxy-class starship. This substance was processed in the Rigellian colonies for use as a catalyst in industrial biochemical systems.

Furthermore, along with invidium, saltzgadum, lucovexitrin, and jakmanite, it was one of only five undetectable substances that can exist in a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere and can alter the molecular structure of glass.

Selgninaem is highly toxic and was thereby ruled out as having caused the malfunctions aboard the USS Enterprise-D at the end of 2366, as the whole crew would have died of poisoning. (TNG: "Hollow Pursuits")

The Star Trek Encyclopedia (2nd ed., p. 436), notes that Selgninaem is 'meaningles(s)' spelled backwards.