Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Order by: alphabetical | chronological ( asc | desc )
| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Titanian n. (1931) | a native or inhabitant of the Saturnian moon Titan; (rarely) a native or inhabitant of the Uranian moon Titania |
| 1931 | tractor n. (1931) | = tractor beam n. |
| 1931 | tractor beam n. (1931) | an energy beam that causes the target to be moved or immobilized in space; (also, in early use) a device producing such a beam |
| 1931 | tractor field n. (1931) | = tractor beam n. |
| 1931 | tractor ray n. (1931) | = tractor beam n. |
| 1931 | transdimensional adj. (1931) | designating movement between dimensions; involving more than one dimension |
| 1931 | Venusian n. 2 (1931) | the language of Venusians |
| 1931 | visor screen n. (1931) | = viewscreen n. |
| 1931 | wallscreen n. (1931) | a large wall-mounted video display |
| 1932 | adult fantasy n. (1932) | fantasy intended for adults rather than children |
| 1932 | alternative future n. (1932) | = alternate future n. |
| 1932 | areological adj. (1932) | of, pertaining to, or derived from areology n.; such as is described, investigated, or ascertained by areology |
| 1932 | astrogating n. (1932) | = astrogation n. |
| 1932 | atomics n. 1 (1932) | any device powered by nuclear energy, esp. a nuclear-powered engine |
| 1932 | automatics n. (1932) | a system that controls the flight of a spacecraft with little or no human intervention; any system or technology for the unsupervised control of a vehicle, environment, etc. |
| 1932 | Callistan n. 1 (1932) | a native or inhabitant of the Jovian moon Callisto; cf. slightly earlier Callistonian n. |
| 1932 | Earth-normal n. (1932) | a state, amount, or value of something (as gravity or atmospheric pressure) that is typical of what is found on Earth |
| 1932 | energy screen n. (1932) | a barrier made of or against energy; a force field n. |
| 1932 | escape ship n. (1932) | = lifeboat n.; lifeship n. |
| 1932 | fantasy n. 1 (1932) | a genre of fiction which contains elements of magic or the supernatural, frequently set in a world other than our own |
| 1932 | force screen n. (1932) | = force field n. |
| 1932 | gravity drive n. (1932) | a spaceship drive that uses any technology associated with gravity |
| 1932 | impervium n. (1932) | a virtually impenetrable or indestructible substance |
| 1932 | jump n. (1932) | a journey through hyperspace n.; any (nearly) instantaneous travel over a large distance; cf. jump v. |
| 1932 | light-speed n. 2 (1932) | a unit of measure equal to the speed of light; cf. light n. 1 |
| 1932 | micro book n. (1932) | a book having the text reproduced at a reduced size by the use of microphotography or microprinting |
| 1932 | moon base n. (1932) | an outpost on a moon, esp. on Earth’s Moon |
| 1932 | needle gun n. (1932) | a gun that produces a very narrow beam of energy; (also) a gun that fires small slivers of metal |
| 1932 | outworld adj. (1932) | on or from another planet, esp. one remote from the homeworld or far from a solar system’s star |
| 1932 | planetary engineer n. (1932) | one who engages in planetary engineering |
| 1932 | port n. (1932) | = spaceport n. |
| 1932 | science fantasy n. 2 (1932) | = imaginative fiction |
| 1932 | science fictional adj. (1932) | pertaining to or characteristic of science fiction n. 2 |
| 1932 | scientifilm n. (1932) | a science fiction movie |
| 1932 | soma n. (1932) | in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World: a narcotic drug which produces euphoria and hallucination, distributed by the state in order to control the population by promoting content and social harmony |