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Story

5. The Last Question

By Isaac Asimov

Glossary

 

absolute	viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things	निश्चित
aloof	unfriendly	अमित्र, अमिलनसार
asymptotically	approaching but never connecting with a line or curve	नजिक तर कहिल्यै नभेटिने
automatons	a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being	रोबोट
Cellufilm	Multivac, a government run supercomputer whose function is to answer questions when asked	सुपर कम्प्यूटर
Chaos	complete disorder and confusion	भ्रमात्मक
circuits	a roughly circular line	गोलाकार रेखा
clamped	fasten, attach, screw	बाँध्नु
clumsily	in an awkward and careless way	लापरवाही
cocked	lean, tilt	झुकाव
conceivable	possible, credible, imaginable	सम्भव, विश्वसनीय, कल्पनायोग्य
corresponded	have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly	समानता
cosmic	relating to the universe or cosmos, especially as distinct from the earth	ब्रह्माण्डीय
diffuse	scatter, spread	फैलाउनु
dissipated	dissolute, dissolve, scatter	फैलिएको, छरिएको
Entropy	a measure of the unavailable energy in a closed thermodynamic system	मापन
eons	an indefinite and very long period of time	युगहरू
exasperated	intensely, irritated and frustrated	आक्रोशित
fissioning	undergo fission	विखंडन
Galactic AC	Galactic Analog Computer	ग्यालेक्टिक एसी कम्प्युटर
glass rod	a piece of laboratory equipment used to mix chemicals	रड, नली
highballs	stars	तारा
howl	a long, loud cry	चिच्याउनु
husbanded	use resources economically	मितव्ययी
hyperspace	relating to higher dimensions and a superluminal method of travel	यात्राको माध्यम
hyperspatial	not comparable	अतुलनीय
incorruptible	not subject to death or decay; everlasting	अविनाशी
indistinguishable	not able to be identified as different or distinct	अभेद्य
inside-outness	being inside out	सर्वत्र
insoluble	insolvable	अघुलनशील, जटिल
interstellar	occurring among the stars	अन्तरतारकीय, ताराहरु बीच
jest	a thing said or done for amusement; a joke	मजाक
molecular	relating to or consisting of molecules	आणविक
Multivac	a fictional supercomputer	मल्टिभ्याक, काल्पनीक कम्प्युटर
muttered	murmur, whisper	गुनगुनाउनु
overwhelmed	beset, devastate	अभिभूत, थकित, विनास
pessimistic	negative	निराशावादी
plagued	trouble	पीडित
predominance	being greater in number or amount	प्रभुत्व
reverie	the condition of being lost in thought	रणभुल्ल, अल्मलिनु
sap	liquid, juice, fluid	रस
sarcastically	ironically	व्यंग्यात्मक रूपमा
seamy	unpleasant; disreputable	नराम्रो
shrugged	disregard, ignore	बेवास्ता गर्नु
sober	not affected by alcohol; not drunk	शान्त, नमातेको
somberly	in a way that is serious, sad, and without humor or entertainment	नराम्रोसँग
spanned	stretch across	फैलिएको
stellar	relating to a star or stars	तारकीय
stifled	made someone unable to breathe properly; suffocated	दबाउनु
Stir up	to feel a strong emotion and a desire to do something	हलचल गर्नु, जोसिनु
Sub-galactic Power Stations	Less than the size of a galaxy	उप-ग्यालेक्सि
submerged	engulf, plunge, conceal	डुबेको, लुकेको
sufficed	enough, adequate	पर्याप्त
tamed	domesticate, control, tone down	तबmभम
tendrils	a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines round any suitable support	लटा
three-dimensional	a raised-relief map or terrain model is a three-dimensional representation, usually of terrain, materialized as a physical artifact	त्रि-आयामी
throbbing	causing pain in a series of regular beats	धड्किरहेको
tousling	making someone’s hair untidy	जेलिनु
trajectories	the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of a given force	प्रक्षेपण
uranium	a dense grey radioactive metal used as a fuel in nuclear reactors	युरेनियम
visiplate	a screen which displays video images	स्क्रिन
white dwarfs	a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet	सेतो बौना, मानिस जस्तै प्राणी, एलियन
wispy	lacking clarity or distinctness	धमिलो