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...hedon is a [[scutra]].[[Category:Aphedones|Aphedones]][[Category:Worlds by shape]]

...a human form, though their translucency, monochromaticity, and softness of shape always give away their true nature.[[Category:Folks of Curcalen]]

'''Transfigurement''' is a form of [[transformation]] involving changing of [[shape]].

...g creature]], into an immobile block of some substance while retaining its shape. There are specific words for ylifaction into specific substances; the bes

...seed charms of the same type may vary considerably in shape. Whatever the shape, however, every seed charm does have a knob by which it can be attached to

A [[circle]] is a geometric shape comprising all of the points equidistant from another point within a two-di

...tirine]], generally around three meters tall, with a generally cylindrical shape. Four short but thick legs are on the bottom of the cylinder, while the to While very similar in shape to the [[enforcer batirine]]—the biggest difference being the extra p

...nary:roue#French|roue]]'', referring to a [[wheel]] or anything of similar shape—this word survives in modern [[French]] with essentially the same mea ==Shape==

...st common and straightforward include [[transfigurement]]—changes of shape—, [[transmutation]]—change of substance—, and [[transmagn ...a]]. The specific case when one [[living being]] is transfigured into the shape of another type of living being (such as a [[human]] into a large wolf) is

...m of an inanimate object. Some deeplings have the ability to change their shape, but this is not a power the Bathybius chooses to give most of them. Whatever their shape, deeplings do have one thing in common. Like the Bathybius itself, they ar

...en fabric, and is usually depicted dancing. Her symbol is a three-pointed shape resembling the end of a trident, or the Greek letter psi.

==Shape== ...on a side. However, because opposite sides are connected, its [[cuboid]] shape is not obvious to its inhabitants; it seems like a continuous, borderless e

...[onirarchy|onirarchies]] of [[Avelax]]. Bipedal, and with an overall body shape not unlike that of a tiny human, aveks nest in large colonies within the wa ...hort claws, do not seem to be prehensile. An avek's head is triangular in shape, with its mouth on the underside; at the apex of the triangle is the avek's

...rm, often incorporating claws and teeth or other natural weaponry into its shape. Apparitions are usually born of anger or frustration, divesting from peop ...s, its joints turned backward or its neck or torso lengthened or its whole shape contorted into an asymmetrical parody.

...ve learned how to distinguish between them, based on slight differences of shape and pattern of luminosity. The general shape of the uuari seems to be that of a flat ribbon with rounded ends, though it

...lass]]... or as [[water]]. Experienced sailors and scholars know that its shape is deceptive; though it bears the form of a ship, the Jellyfish is a [[life ...forms. The few infected on the crew, on the other hand, unable to change shape to make false clothing out of their own substance, wear no clothing at all.

...s lumpy and wobbly, but otherwise more or less holds its roughly spherical shape. With their round yellow center within a white mass, lukes are sometimes s Though it has no fixed shape and usually seems to puddle on the ground when not in motion, the luke can

...iving dreamstuff that makes up batirines. It's also possible to twist the shape of the dreamstuff rather than destroying it, through a spell such as ''[[dr

...l amounts to is that the ground surface of a pathnode is [[tore|toric]] in shape; walking far enough in any direction will eventually bring a traveler back ...each side, the entrance will appear to be roughly [[sphere|spherical]] in shape, with the area beyond the wormhole appearing oddly compressed and distorted

...nd many do, avoid the issue entirely by simply being bald. Aside from the shape, fasks can change the color and texture of their bodies, either in whole or ..., albeit perhaps not as gracefully as a feathered bird, and fasks can also shape themselves gills and get the ability to breathe water. Fasks can also give

...s of matter they can affect, and in the speed and detail in which they can shape them, though these latter factors can often be improved with practice. Som

...ome prominent features of another. The type of creature a paque takes its shape and size from is called its [[gelf]], and the other creature its [[julay]].

...h the power of the landshaping enchantment does help the earth to hold its shape far better than it would otherwise, however, there are still limits, and an ...camouflage; foliage can hide doors and other apertures, and as long as its shape isn't too blocky and clearly unnatural, a landshaped building overgrown wit

...ten meregers find derelict buildings and lair therein, arranging debris to shape the space to its liking and block extraneous exits. Failing that, they may Because meregers tend to collect materials to properly shape their lairs as they like them, a mereger's lair may contain some valuable t

...ther three fill mainly a single large crater and are generally circular in shape, though with the outlines made a little rough by much smaller craters, subs ...ill others, it forms recognizable representations of various objects. The shape of the land on Cocoro, at the local level, is as diverse and aberrant as th

...anifold with a [[plane]] (or, more rarely, with some other two-dimensional shape). Unlike the surface area, the cross-sectional area of a three-dimensional ...st for some widely used shapes, while determining the area of an arbitrary shape for which no formula is known may require [[calculus]].

...mass]]ive enough to have its spherical (or more accurately [[ellipsoid]]al shape) by virtue of its own gravity; a smaller body artificially shaped into a sp ...able [[world]]s are planets. By definition, a planet must be spherical in shape, and must be in orbit around a [[sun]]. Planets are primarily known in the

...-edged and indistinct. Most wraiths do have at least a generally humanoid shape, though very few have features distinct enough to make them recognizable to ...xactly how humanoid they appear varies. Some have a recognizably humanoid shape, with an identifiable arms, legs, and head. Even so, in most cases there's

...heir tails are slightly thinner. There are also slight differences in the shape of the head and ears and the proportions of the legs, but these are likely

...nsport people, one at a time. Despite the name, travel circles can be any shape, and while they ''are'' usually round, they aren't always; square travel ci

A sphere, or rather a [[space-filling shape|space-filling]] [[set]] of nested spheres, is the basis for a [[spherical c ...re spherical because their [[gravity]] pulls them into a maximally compact shape. On the submicroscopic scale, while [[Xi]]van [[atom]]s are small enough t

==Shape and size== ...There does seem to be some [[correlation]] between a rew's regularity of shape and regularity of orientation; the more a rew's form abludes from the circu

Matilda is a somewhat small-statured young woman, in excellent physical shape but not overly muscular, of about twenty years old. She has dark red hair, ...tance weapons. (Matilda makes her own throwing stars in the seven-pointed shape of most of the stars on the Australian flag.) Furthermore, in her career,

...at some of their much smaller relatives have no hearts at all), tubular in shape and running down their backs roughly where the [[spine]] would be in a [[ve ...xhibit varying degrees of [[sexual dimorphism]], mostly in details of body shape and development though in some genera of lig the female is much larger than

...s on the other hemisphere, one of which bears an odd near-perfect circular shape that strongly suggests an artificial origin, and remains a mystery. Thanks

A mistling appears simply as a vague, misty shape; most types of mistling have no more form than a wispy blob, though there m

===By shape=== ...hened by replacing the "-ate" suffix by the word describing the varate's [[shape]] (sometimes with appropriate [[phonological assimilation|assimilation]]);

Leoren is roughly ellipsoidal in shape, centered around Lake Rhu. It measures about 550 [[kilometers|meters]] alo

...an necessary from a [[humanoid]] appearance. He has some control over the shape of his pseudopods, and, presumably again to maintain some semblance of huma His power to create pseudopods does not extend to an ability to shape his body as a whole, or at least if he has such an ability he has never bee

...[[cosmos]] of [[Mogn]], notable both for its unusual [[ring torus|ring]] [[shape]] and for the effects of its [[moon]]s, which seem to be associated with [[ ...t of all, it would imply that the early [[Nama]] were aware of the world's shape before the name became widespread, which seems unlikely at best. Furthermo

...]. Seen from above or below, the ganulia is nearly [[rhombus|rhombic]] in shape, slightly wider than it is long. At the front of the ganulia's head is a w ...nstead of [[bone]]. The [[brain]] is protected and the [[head]] given its shape by a large cartilaginous enclosure called the [[chondrocranium]]. A cartil

...rganism]]s found on many [[world]]s of [[Loge]]. They are [[humanoid]] in shape, but much smaller than [[human (Loge)|human]]s, and have brightly colored [ Despite its superficially human shape, the sanhvin internally has a number of significant [[anatomy|anatomical]]

...than the other three, by a [[factor]] of roughly 3.4. (The [[pentagon]]al shape of the base can also be thought of as a [[square]] with one corner [[trunca

...t will have the ability to change form later; although farthels may change shape during the merging process, in most cases their form is permanently fixed t ...s some farthels acquire, however, which do not seem directly tied to their shape and size. Very few farthels have ''all'' these abilities, but many develop

...is the [[deertree]], which grows fruit called [[deerfruit]] that mimic the shape and behavior of animals. On the [[Great Island]] grows the [[Dreaming Tree

...system. Though the gulanga's highly visible front teeth are triangular in shape and sharp and serrated for cutting and rending flesh, they also have blunt

...explicable instances of things appearing in or forming into the associated shape.

...ly estimated by the following equivalent procedure: if you can duplicate a shape by putting together ''N'' copies of it, each [[scale]]d down by a linear fa

The continent of Avelax has a roughly triangular shape, with notches cut in the triangle's two southern sides. Alternatively, it

...rs are [[gelefaction]], [[thelxis]], and the creation of ice in nearly any shape and quantity. Unlike the Skull itself, the ice created by the abar, whethe

...pe, the greater the powers gained by its imitation. The [[quindent]] is a shape that rarely occurs in nature nor, in most worlds, in manufacture, and thus ...ed object. For other effects, the relation between the alteration and the shape may be less obvious.

...nough for [[gravitational collapse]] to have given them an [[ellipsoid]]al shape. The three largest moons, [[Zerane]], [[Naanor]], and [[Tiu]], are also fa ...his range a band of small bodies called the [[Fess (SKE)|Fess]], but their shape—far more [[sphere|spherical]] than their small [[mass]] should justif

Not every life form with the ability to change shape is a turnskin. While turnskins do vary widely in the details of their powe ...e secondary species, but still required the primary form to be humanoid in shape.

...age, though at the possible cost of slowing their speed. Still others can shape and mold stone as easily as clay, an ability they may find useful for sculp

...ies]], and consists of three [[tagma]]ta, each roughly [[cone|conical]] in shape (the [[apex]] of the cone pointing in the [[anatomical directions|dorsal]] Ametabolous, xastre do not change their overall shape as they [[growth|grow]]; a xastre hatchling has the same basic form as an [

...image more than their real mortal selves. This may mean looking in better shape or more attractive than they actually were, or the reverse for specters wit

...ough they come in various sizes, all Clarke chambers have exactly the same shape, that of a five-sided [[pyramid]] with a doorway on one face. Clarke chamb

...plax is a [[realm]]. A 4-plax is called a [[flune]]. Another very simple shape is the [[cog]], or hypersphere, which comprises all points a set distance ( ...on simply moves objects; it changes their position while maintaining their shape and orientation. Although finite objects cannot have [[translational symme

...imitations to Enigma's alterations. While he can take on any normal human shape, he cannot assume shapes that are not basically humanoid; his underlying st

...re in discrete but adjacent patches called [[monal]]s of constant size and shape. Currents keep them constantly in motion, and any quantity of halm passing

...or [[civilization]], which before humanity rose to existence were able to shape the development of [[life]] on diverse planets to ensure that it always res

...if his own account can be believed), Gremory actually usually takes female shape—though thanks to his [[morphic hack]]s he can change his form if nece

...its dominion into several [[world crystal]]s, using its custom arcanum to shape the [[crystal world]]s inside to its whims. It may even be that Ialenar ha

...oining and swelling to form the sclerotmemes. It attains roughly the same shape as an [[adult]] balbaramba after eight to ten years, but not the same size;

...400 square [[meter]]s, the building roughly [[semicircle|semicircular]] in shape, though repeated expansions have left its outline irregular. The Golden Do

...there is no exterally visible [[cerebellum]] or [[medulla]]. Although its shape bears a close resemblance to a cerebrum, the [[color]]ation may be differen

...urn into [[kobunen]], and a ko that appreciates while compressed to a flat shape will become a [[bendei]].

...roken the suit is; in the case of a suit that's in particularly deplorable shape, it may cost more to repair the suit than to buy a new one... though some p

...ey do physically [[transfigure]] themselves into an approximation of human shape. It ''is'' only an approximation, however, and not a perfect semblance. A ...ng]] it into a different material or [[transfigurement|transfiguring]] its shape, perhaps inflicting an unfortunate with some burdensome [[curse]]—or

..., the [[superthorax]] and [[subthorax]], are fairly similar, both ovoid in shape, with four legs and otherwise rather featureless. The claw-tipped legs of

While many regard the Old House as the center of the city, the shape of the city is irregular enough to make this identification ambiguous. Als

...ight denominations, the coins of each denomination having a characteristic shape and appearance that makes the different values of coinstone very easy to te

...carnivory|carnivorous]] lifestyle, or enlarge if they were already in this shape. Some but not all choriontics also grow claws on their feet (and hands, if

...remain for the most part interfertile, but vary widely in color, markings, shape, and other attributes. The original kmamts are thought to have had oval bo

...nd chin are sufficiently pronounced to give her face almost a subtle cross shape, her nose is stright and sharp, and her eyes are large and merry. Her skin

In addition to its ability to shape and move its own form, Liiran has the power to create various noxious subst

...r|kilometers]] across at its widest point, forming something of a stubby L-shape. It spans hundreds of thousands of internal chambers of varying sizes and

...within being a [[brain]] in the center of the sac, which in both size and shape bears an oddly close resemblance to a [[human]] brain. The main "body" of

...may consist of multiple detached parts, those parts jointly retain a fixed shape. If, as is usually the case, the constellation originally had a [[mortal]] ...Bound constellations are sometimes further subcategorized according to the shape of their paths, the two most prominent being [[discurrent constellation]]s,

...jects outside of dreams, on the other hand, she appears in her real, human shape, albeit generally appearing somewhat younger than she actually is, usually

...t make the dreamships possible. But natural "land" occurs as well, in the shape of the [[dreamreef]]s (just "reefs" to sailors there who don't have the nee

Matuni is roughly [[rectangle|rectangular]] in shape, albeit with the corners stretched out into narrow, [[acute angle|acutangul

...s human in form. High-ranking members of the covin are truly monstrous in shape, and either hide away from the common populace or develop ways of disguisin

Not only the color of the Altar changes, but its shape as well. Both change far too slowly to watch the alteration occur, but if

...times. Also fairly common, no doubt because Nalans associate it with the shape of the world, is [[thorn magic]], an arcanum provided by a distant godworld

Though it's not impossible, in principle, for a wolk to be of any shape, including [[sphere|spherical]] or irregular, in practice the great majorit

True Earth is nearly [[sphere|spherical]] in shape, though not exactly—it's slightly thicker around the [[equator]] than

...somewhat larger. Like many élan crystals, they generally take the shape of [[pyramid]]-capped [[prism]]s, with their [[cross section]]s bearing any

...lepsis|possess]]" an object (and have motility according to the object's [[shape]] and materials).

...ng of a particular word. It may be a pattern that affects it, such as the shape of a capital omega, or two objects crossed at right angles. It may even be

...terminal, the traveler will emerge from the terminal and regain his former shape. The speed of travel in a streampath varies by the width of the path and b

The word "ambate" only refers to a general body shape, and tells nothing about the [[etorical taxonomy|taxonomy]] of the beings i

...phy of the Velvet Mask is that one can best know oneself by changing one's shape, that by taking on different outward forms, one better learns to appreciate

...n that fish and whales have independently developed fins and a streamlined shape, for instance, and that so many different kinds of plants have independentl

...lication early in her rise to power she intentionally took on this ghastly shape, later from time to time making a few adjustments or refinements. She is f

Godworlds are no more constrained to spherical shape than are other gods. They may have any form and texture, and may well be c

...fully explored, what surveys have been made indicate that it is square in shape and has two large continents, as well as a number of smaller islands. The

...corpses being effectively turned into giant [[pearl]]s of the approximate shape of whatever [[species]] they pertained to, and some cultures disinter these

...times said to be arranged in a [[cube]], or a [[simplex]], or some similar shape. This is only a figurative representation of their relative adjacency, and ...not to physically exist at all when not summoned, but for the summoning to shape them somehow out of the plane's forces and contents; in this case, the erog

...the [[umbo]] to the outer margin and giving the shell's edges an undulous shape. This corrugation gives ropers an appearance much like the [[giant clam]]s