fnevébl

Fnevébl is a fictional construct used in speculative fiction to describe a discrete unit of informational energy within an imagined substrate called the fnevébl lattice. In narratives that employ this model, sequences of fnevébli propagate through the lattice to transmit data, sometimes at rates described as instantaneous or vastly faster-than-light, depending on the work.

Origin and name: The term fnevébl is a coined neologism created for world-building purposes. The pronunciation is commonly rendered as feh-NAY-vuhl; the plural forms vary across works, with fnevébli being common.

Properties and usage: A single fnevébl is typically the smallest unit of informational energy in this model. Larger messages are composed of multiple fnevébli; practical transmission requires alignment with a receiver's synchronization key, and messages can be affected by noise, lattice integrity, or deliberate obfuscation.

Context and significance: The fnevébl concept functions as a plotting device to explore themes of communication limits, information theory, and ethics of surveillance in speculative fiction. It is not recognized as a real physical quantity or scientific theory.

See also: faster-than-light signaling in fiction, information field (fictional), lattice theory (fictional).