Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Europan n. 2 (1930) | the language of Europans |
| 1930 | face plate n. (1930) | the transparent window of a spacesuit’s helmet |
| 1930 | fantastic adj. (1930) | having the quality of fantasy n. 1 |
| 1930 | flame pistol n. (1930) | a pistol that shoots flames; cf. flame gun n. |
| 1930 | glassite n. (1930) | a strong transparent synthetic material; an artificial substitute for glass |
| 1930 | gravity n. (1930) | = gee n. 2 |
| 1930 | gravity plate n. (1930) | a device that creates or nullifies the effects of gravity |
| 1930 | groundcar n. (1930) | a car incapable of flight (in contrast with an aircar n.) |
| 1930 | group mind n. (1930) | a collective intelligence composed of individual intelligences combined into a larger whole; hive mind n. |
| 1930 | home system n. (1930) | the solar system in which an individual being is from; the solar system in which a species originated |
| 1930 | inhuman adj. (1930) | not human; alien |
| 1930 | lifeship n. (1930) | an emergency spacecraft; lifeboat n. |
| 1930 | life tube n. (1930) | an escape pod having a cylindrical shape; cf. lifeboat n. |
| 1930 | light barrier n. 1 (1930) | a force field made of beams of light |
| 1930 | moon ship n. (1930) | a spacecraft for travelling to the Moon |
| 1930 | mother ship n. (1930) | a spacecraft escorting or having charge of a number of other, usually smaller, craft; one from which other craft are launched or controlled |
| 1930 | needle-beam n. (1930) | a weapon producing a very narrow beam of energy; the beam produced by such a weapon |
| 1930 | Neptunian n. 2 (1930) | the language of Neptunians |
| 1930 | neutronium n. (1930) | an extremely dense material composed entirely of free neutrons |
| 1930 | non-human adj. (1930) | = alien n. |
| 1930 | ray v. (1930) | to fire a ray at |
| 1930 | scout ship n. (1930) | a usu. small and fast spaceship used for reconnaissance |
| 1930 | shield n. (1930) | a force field that protects something (such as a spaceship, a city, or an individual person) from potentially harmful objects or energy; cf. deflector n. |
| 1930 | shuttle n. (1930) | a small spacecraft used to transport passengers or cargo over a relatively short distance, as between an orbiting ship and a planet’s surface, or as a lifeboat |
| 1930 | Solarian n. 2 (1930) | a native or inhabitant of the Earth’s solar system |
| 1930 | Solarian adj. (1930) | pertaining to Earth’s sun, solar system, or their inhabitants |
| 1930 | space fleet n. (1930) | an organized group of spaceships, esp. one under military control |
| 1930 | space flight n. (1930) | a journey in or into outer space; (as a mass noun) space-travel generally |
| 1930 | space freighter n. (1930) | a spaceship primarily used for transporting cargo |
| 1930 | spaceline n. (1930) | a company that offers passenger space flights, esp. on a regular route; such a route itself |
| 1930 | space lock n. (1930) | = airlock n. |
| 1930 | space patrol n. (1930) | a military or police force operating in space |