Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | filk song n. (1953) | a song in the filk style |
| 1953 | Hugo n. (1953) | any of several awards presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention for excellence in science fiction or fantasy writing, art, publishing, etc. |
| 1953 | mainstream adj. (1953) | belonging to or characteristic of the dominant or traditional literary modes, especially representational fiction |
| 1953 | nova bomb n. (1953) | an extremely powerful nuclear bomb |
| 1953 | null-g n. (1953) | (as adjective) relating to, producing, or designed for a condition of zero gravity; (as noun) zero gravity: the state or condition in which there is no apparent force of gravity acting on a body, either because the force is locally weak, or because both the body and its surroundings are freely and equally accelerating under gravity; (also) a device or system that negates the force of gravity; cf. slightly earlier null-grav n. |
| 1953 | off-planet adv. (1953) | away from a particular planet; towards or on another planet; in or into space |
| 1953 | planet-hop v. (1953) | to travel from one planet to another, esp. in short trips |
| 1953 | robotically adv. 2 (1953) | by means of a robot or robotics |
| 1953 | science-fictive adj. (1953) | relating to or characteristic of science fiction n. 2; science fictional adj. |
| 1953 | shuttlecraft n. (1953) | = shuttle n. |
| 1953 | space-operatic adj. (1953) | being or resembling space opera n. |
| 1953 | space science n. (1953) | the study of outer space |
| 1953 | time cop n. (1953) | a member of the time police n. |
| 1953 | time opera n. (1953) | a subgenre of science fiction featuring adventure-driven, extravagantly dramatic plots based on time travel; a work in this genre |
| 1953 | torcher n. (1953) | a pilot of a spaceship with a torch drive |
| 1953 | torchship n. (1953) | a spaceship that uses a torch drive n. |
| 1953 | trideo n. (1953) | a device or system capable of transmitting or displaying a (moving) three dimensional image; a (moving) image displayed by such a device |
| 1953 | UFO n. (1953) | an unidentified flying object; a βflying saucerβ |
| 1953 | vidcall n. (1953) | a call made on a videophone n. |
| 1953 | vidscreen n. (1953) | a screen capable of displaying a visual image; (also) a videophone n. |
| 1953 | WKF n. (1953) | someone who is moderately prominent within a particular fandom; cf. BNF n. |
| 1952 | biocomputer n. (1952) | a computer having components and circuits formed from or modelled on biological molecules or structures |
| 1952 | droid n. (1952) | a robot, esp. a humanoid one; an android |
| 1952 | dropshaft n. (1952) | a vertical shaft that uses artificial gravity to move free-floating passengers or freight |
| 1952 | dystopia n. 1 (1952) | a work set in a dystopia n. 2 |
| 1952 | Earther n. (1952) | a native or inhabitant of Earth |
| 1952 | earthfall n. (1952) | the arrival of a spaceship on the surface of Earth; cf. planetfall n. |
| 1952 | empathist n. (1952) | = empath n. |
| 1952 | eyetracks n. (1952) | imaginary marks left on a book by the act of reading it |
| 1952 | fanac n. (1952) | participation in fandom, such as publishing fanzines, attending conferences, or writing letters to fanzines |
| 1952 | gas giant n. (1952) | a large planet composed mostly of gaseous material thought to surround a solid core; spec. each of the four largest planets in the solar system (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) |