Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | suit phone n. (1931) | a communications system in the helmet of a space suit; cf. suit radio n. |
| 1931 | super-weapon n. (1931) | a weapon, esp. an extremely destructive one, based on highly advanced technology |
| 1931 | Tau Cetan n. (1931) | a native or inhabitant of the Tau Ceti star system; (also) the language of Tau Cetans |
| 1931 | teleport v. 1 (1931) | transitive to cause to move or travel by teleportation; esp. to convey or transport instantaneously from one place to another by means of an advanced technological device |
| 1931 | teleportation n. (1931) | instantaneous transportation from one place to another, esp. by means of a machine which breaks matter down into its constituent particles or converts it to energy, information, etc., and transmits it in this form to another location where it is reconstituted |
| 1931 | thought-reading machine n. (1931) | a machine that can read a personβs thoughts |
| 1931 | thought screen n. (1931) | = thought shield n. |
| 1931 | thought shield n. (1931) | a mental barrier that prevents oneβs thoughts from being read by a telepath; = mind shield n. |
| 1931 | timestream n. (1931) | the sequence of all events in time, considered notionally as a flow capable of being altered to form different timelines |
| 1931 | time track n. (1931) | = timeline n. |
| 1931 | Titanian adj. (1931) | of or relating to the Saturnian moon of Titan or its inhabitants; (rarely) of or relating to the Uranian moon Titania or its inhabitants |
| 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 | force screen n. (1932) | = force field n. |