Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mercurian n. 2 (1914) | the language of Mercurians |
| Mercurian adj. (1897) | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the planet Mercury or its inhabitants |
| message rocket n. (1933) | a (small) rocket used to carry a message |
| metahuman n. (1978) | a person or being with superpowers; (also) a nonhuman being that resembles a human; a humanoid |
| metahuman adj. (1972) | being or relating to superpowers; being a metahuman n. |
| metaverse n. (1992) | a computer-generated environment within which users can interact with one another and their surroundings, a virtual world; (more generally) the notional environment in which users of networked computers interact; = cyberspace n. |
| meteor storm n. (1870) | a particularly intense meteor shower, esp. occurring when the earth intercepts a meteor stream soon after the originating comet has passed; an intense encounter with a stream of meteors in space |
| micro book n. (1932) | a book having the text reproduced at a reduced size by the use of microphotography or microprinting |
| midspace n. (1900) | outer space, viewed as an area in its own right |
| midspace adj. (1931) | occurring in midspace n. |
| military science fiction n. (1977) | a subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the military and warfare, esp. set in outer space or on other worlds |
| military SF n. (1978) | = military science fiction n. |
| MilSF n. (1994) | = military science fiction n. |
| mind control n. (1902) | the ability to control another person’s thoughts or actions telepathically |
| mind-control v. (1970) | to use mind control on (a person); to control or influence (a person) telepathically |
| mind-controlled adj. (1938) | of a device or a being: controlled by another person’s thoughts |
| mind-controlling adj. (1929) | of a device or a being: having the ability to control a person’s thoughts or actions; (also) of or relating to mind control n. |
| mindfood n. (1986) | a substance taken as food or drink containing chemicals which increase one’s mental ability |
| mindlink n. (1954) | a telepathic connection between people; cf. mind-meld n. |
| mind-meld n. (1968) | a technique for the psychic fusion of two or more minds, permitting unrestricted communication or deep understanding; the act or an instance of doing this; cf. earlier mindlink n. |
| mindmeld v. (1976) | to engage in a mind-meld (with) |
| mindmelding n. (1968) | = mind-meld n. |
| mind shield n. (1938) | = thought shield n. |
| moon base n. (1932) | an outpost on a moon, esp. on Earth’s Moon |
| moon flight n. (1919) | a flight to the Moon |
| moonport n. (1944) | a spaceport on the Moon |
| moonquake n. (1847) | seismic activity on the surface of the Moon or (broadly) of any moon |
| moon rocket n. (1920) | a rocket designed for travel to the Moon |
| moon ship n. (1930) | a spacecraft for travelling to the Moon |
| morph n. (1990) | an artificial or duplicate body |
| morph v. 1 (1991) | intransitive (of something physical, esp. a sentient being) to change shape or form; = shapeshift v. |