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// Glossary of Terms 
// Story: Ad Astra 
// by Merchent343 
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This will contain basic information on key terms in the story. It will be added on to over time, so after each chapter which submits new material to this, I will add a notation to check it.





Terms/Abbreviations

Times are based on Metric Time, but are otherwise normal, therefore;

Decisecond	= 10 seconds (Rarely used)
Centisecond	= 100 seconds (This would actually be 1/100th of a second, but for story purposes it is 100 seconds. In reality, the prefix would be hecto-)
Kilosecond	= 1,000 seconds
Megasecond	= 1,000,000 seconds (Also rarely used, about two weeks)
Day			= A single rotation of Equestria, lasting 80,000 seconds, compared to Earth's 86,400

Lightsecond = Distance light travels in a second: 299,792 Kilometers, approximately
Lightminute  = Distance light travels in a minute: 17,987,520 Kilometers, approximately

Equestria	= A name for both the former state of Equestria, long since dissolved, and the planet it is on
Equus		= The system itself, with a total of nine planets