Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | beam weapon n. (1936) | a weapon that fires a destructive beam of energy |
| 1936 | chronoscope n. (1936) | a device for viewing events in the past or future |
| 1936 | fandom n. (1936) | science-fiction fans collectively; the state or attitude of being a science-fiction fan |
| 1936 | home galaxy n. (1936) | the galaxy that an individual being is from; the galaxy in which a species originated |
| 1936 | impeller n. (1936) | a device used to produce propulsive thrust |
| 1936 | planetary engineering n. (1936) | large-scale modification of the environment or geography of a planet; = terraforming n. |
| 1936 | planet-hopper n. 1 (1936) | a person who planet-hops |
| 1936 | positronic adj. (1936) | related to or designed to use positrons |
| 1936 | science-fictionally adv. (1936) | in the manner of science fiction n. 2 |
| 1936 | science fictioneer n. (1936) | a writer or aficionado of science fiction |
| 1936 | scouter n. (1936) | = scout ship n. |
| 1936 | sense of wonder n. (1936) | a feeling of awakening or awe brought on by an expansion of oneβs awareness of what may be possible; the primary emotional experience of reading science fiction n. 2; see also sensawunda n. |
| 1936 | space alien n. (1936) | = alien n. |
| 1936 | spacefarer n. (1936) | a person who travels in space, an astronaut; (also) a space traveller from another planet |
| 1936 | space tan n. (1936) | a tan caused by exposure to the light of stars unfiltered by planetary atmospheres; cf. space burn n. |
| 1936 | supernormal n. (1936) | a being with extraordinary (usu. psychic) powers as compared to other members of their kind |
| 1936 | teleportage n. (1936) | = teleportation n. |
| 1936 | time loop n. (1936) | a (short) repeating period of time, typically one which (some) people are aware they are experiencing repeatedly |
| 1936 | warp n. (1936) | = space warp n.; travel by means of a space warp, travel at warp speed; (also) = time warp n. |
| 1936 | weirdist n. (1936) | an author or fan of weird fiction |
| 1937 | Aldebaranian adj. (1937) | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Aldebaran system or its inhabitants |
| 1937 | alien life form n. (1937) | = alien n. |
| 1937 | blast-off n. (1937) | the initial thrust required to launch a rocket or the like into space; the launching of the rocket itself |
| 1937 | blast off v. (1937) | (of a person or being) to take off in a spaceship, esp. one propelled by rockets; (of a spaceship) to take off |
| 1937 | countergravity n. (1937) | = antigravity n. |
| 1937 | deep-space adj. (1937) | of or in deep space n. |
| 1937 | Earth-normal adj. (1937) | having conditions (as of gravity or atmospheric pressure) typical of what is found on Earth |
| 1937 | fantastic n. 2 (1937) | a work of fantasy n. 1 |
| 1937 | future history n. (1937) | a fictional, self-contained, consistent, chronological framework (esp. realized across a body of work); (also) the subgenre of science fiction that uses such a framework |
| 1937 | galaxy-wide adj. (1937) | extending throughout a galaxy |
| 1937 | insectoid n. (1937) | an insect-like alien |
| 1937 | interworld adj. (1937) | between or occurring between planets |
| 1937 | ish n. (1937) | an issue or edition in a series; spec. an issue of a magazine, esp. (in early use) a fanzine |
| 1937 | needler n. (1937) | = needle gun n.; (also) a person who who operates such a weapon |