semiconducting\ lube-valve

Any piece of techno-gadgetry that defies conventional description and does something that will be described with an overly generalized analogy.

Ensign: What if we hooked up the semiconductiing lube-valve to the EPS conduit and reversed the polarity? That should create just the kinda of quantum gravitation field we're looking for.

Science Officer: Oh, you mean like filling a ballon with too much air and letting it go?

Ensign: Exactly