Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Order by: alphabetical | chronological ( asc | desc )
| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1930 | space pirate n. (1930) | one who preys on spaceships or other worlds |
| 1930 | spaceport n. (1930) | a place where spacecraft can take off and land in order to discharge and receive passengers or cargo, refuel, or undergo maintenance; a facility for this purpose |
| 1930 | space station n. (1930) | a large artificial satellite used as a long-term base for operations in space |
| 1930 | space-travelling adj. (1930) | capable of space travel; that travels in space |
| 1930 | spacewalker n. (1930) | a machine designed to enable a person to walk in space |
| 1930 | sub-ether n. (1930) | a medium through which faster-than-light signals (or (rarely) objects) travel |
| 1930 | Tellus n. (1930) | the planet Earth |
| 1930 | terrestial n. (1930) | a person from Earth; a human |
| 1930 | terrestrian adj. (1930) | of Earth |
| 1930 | Terrestrian n. (1930) | a native or inhabitant of Earth; = Terrestrial n. |