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In "The Changeling", as Nomad is attempting to 'repair' the USS Enterprise's engines, Scotty gives an order to a subordinate at a control console. The order:
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Well the Poly- prefix literally means 'many' rather than 'multiple' (Multi-) and in modern usage tends to denote a certain flexibility. In other words something that can change between the different forms/value rather than something that merely exists in different forms/values.
So maybe a Polymass is connected with the artificial gravity system? It's something that can have one of a number of different masses, thereby creating different gravity fields. Or maybe not.
-------------------- "My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor
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Maybe he actually said, "Protect that polymath." A polymath is a person of encyclopedic learning. Why such a person is hanging around engineering or needs protection is unclear.
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