Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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 n. |
| 1932 | planet-wide adj. (1932) | extending over or affecting an entire planet |
| 1932 | port n. (1932) | = spaceport n. |
| 1932 | science fantasy n. 2 (1932) | = imaginative fiction |
| 1932 | science fictional adj. (1932) | being, 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 |
| 1932 | space armor n. (1932) | = space suit n., esp. such a suit designed to protect the wearer during combat in space |
| 1932 | spaceboot n. (1932) | footwear intended for use in outer space or on other worlds |
| 1932 | space colony n. (1932) | a group of beings living in a space station or on a world other than their motherworld; the structure or location of such a group |
| 1932 | space drive n. (1932) | a propulsion system for a spaceship; cf. star drive n. |
| 1932 | space force n. (1932) | a branch of the military that acts in outer space |
| 1932 | space-going adj. (1932) | that travels in space |
| 1932 | space gun n. 2 (1932) | a weapon used in by people in space; a toy handgun of a style imagined to be used by space travellers |
| 1932 | spaceman n. (1932) | a person (usu. a man) who travels in space, an astronaut; (also) a person or being from another planet |
| 1932 | spacemanship n. (1932) | skill or experience in piloting a spacecraft |
| 1932 | space pilot n. (1932) | a pilot of a spaceship |
| 1932 | space-tanned adj. (1932) | having a space tan n.; cf. space-burned adj. |
| 1932 | spacewrecked adj. (1932) | wrecked in space |
| 1932 | speeder n. (1932) | any of various small personal vehicles, typically travelling on or very close to the ground |
| 1932 | spy ray n. (1932) | a ray that allows a user to detect sound, images, or thoughts at a distant location or through a barrier |
| 1932 | star liner n. (1932) | = space liner n. |
| 1932 | starway n. (1932) | an established route between stars; usu. pl. starways the realm of space travel in general; cf. spaceway n. |
| 1932 | superpower n. (1932) | a superhuman ability, esp. as possessed by a superhero; an ability beyond what is possible based on scientific laws |
| 1932 | telescreen n. (1932) | a video screen, esp. one forming part of a communications device |
| 1932 | Titanese adj. (1932) | of or related to the Saturnian moon Titan or its inhabitants; cf. Titanian adj. |
| 1932 | Titanese n. (1932) | a native or inhabitant of the Saturnian moon Titan; (also) a language used on Titan or by Titanese; cf. Titanian n. |
| 1932 | viewphone n. (1932) | = videophone n. |
| 1932 | visiscreen n. (1932) | = viewscreen n. |
| 1932 | Vulcanite n. (1932) | a native or inhabitant of Vulcan (a hypothetical planet orbiting nearer to the sun than Mercury) |
| 1932 | warp v. (1932) | (intransitive) to travel through space by means of a space warp n.; (transitive) to cause to move through space, to another dimension, etc., by means of a warp |
| 1933 | aspace adv. (1933) | in space |