Glossary

This glossary offers quick definitions of terms used in discussing Clairvoyant Entertainment and Hollow Visions.

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### Absolute Point

Specific and fixed event in time wherein the outcome always occurs, no matter what is done to prevent it. Absolute points in time cannot be altered without significant universal - or multiversal - consequence.

### Adrenaline

Adrenaline or Epinephrine is a hormone and a neurotransmitter. It is secreted by the adrenal medulla. When released into the bloodstream it increases heart rate and stroke volume, dilates the pupils, and constricts arterioles in the skin and gut while dilating arterioles in leg muscles. Often listed as being the source of abnormal feats of strength or agility, or the trigger of super-human powers.

### Alien

Adjective commonly used to refer to a being who originates elsewhere than Earth.

### Alter Ego

An alter ego (from Latin, "*other I*") is another self, a second personality or persona within a person. The term is commonly used in comic books and related media, for the alternate or secret identity of a superheroes and supervillains.

Classically, an alter ego is used by superheroes to conceal their identities in order to protect their friends and family from harm at the hands of their enemies, whereas supervillains usually have an alter ego to make sure they do not get arrested.

### Amphibious

Capable of breathing and existing in air or in water.

### Anti-Serum

A blood serum containing antibodies used to pass on passive immunity to a particular diseases.

### Android

An artificial being designed to resemble a human being in as many ways as possible, and whose physiology and life functions replicate and mimic those of human beings as closely as possible. An android could be a robot or synthetic organism.

### Anti-Hero

An anti-hero has widely come to mean a character who has some characteristics that are antithetical to those of the traditional hero. An anti-hero will perform acts generally deemed "heroic," but will do so with methods, manners, or intentions that may not be heroic.

### Anti-Matter

Matter composed of particles that are the counterparts of the particles composing positive matter (the matter of which this universe is composed), but have opposite charges; e.g., anti-protons instead of protons, and positrons instead of electrons. Should positive matter come in contact with an equal amount of antimatter, both will be annihilated and converted to energy.

### Artificial Intelligence

The intelligence exhibited by machines or software

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### Colonel

A colonel in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.

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### Feathered Serpent

The Feathered Serpent was a prominent supernatural entity or deity, found in many Mesoamerican religions. It is still called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya, and Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya.

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### Humanoid

Having virtually the same physical characteristics as a human being. Only a normal Earth human being can properly be termed human, although Inhumans can be classified as human under a broader definition of the term. Beings who greatly resemble human beings in physical characteristics but are not exactly like them are humanoids. Beings who resemble humans in some major outward physical characteristics but not in others that are of equal importance are called semi-humanoids.

### Hybrids

Hybrids, sometimes called "Half-breeds", are the result of the cross between two species, one or both not necessarily humanoids. The spawn from hybrids is also considered as hybrids. The Hybrids are supposed by their nature to be sterile in theory, but that does not coincide with the reality.

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### Idol

An image or anything used as an object of worship in place of the true God.

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### M.U.T.O.

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### Reboot

A reboot means to discard all previous continuity in the series and start anew. Effectively, all previously known history is declared null and void by the writer, and the series starts over from the beginning. This differs from a creator producing a separate adaptation of another creator's work in an alternate reality and instead requires that the rebooted continuity supersede the older continuity as the new official version.

### Robot

A robot is a type of automated machine that can execute specific tasks with little or no human intervention and with speed and precision.

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### Supernatural

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