Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | faster-than-light adj. (1940) | that is travelling or can travel faster than light |
| 1940 | femmefan n. (1940) | a female fan |
| 1940 | fen n. (1940) | plural of fan |
| 1940 | fresher n. (1940) | a bathroom or shower |
| 1940 | gafia n. 1 (1940) | participation in fandom |
| 1940 | gram v. (1940) | = spacegram v. |
| 1940 | gravitied adj. 1 (1940) | having gravity (of a specified strength or type) |
| 1940 | groundhog n. (1940) | a person who lives on a planet, rather than in space; a person who does not regularly travel in space |
| 1940 | humanoid n. (1940) | a non-human being that has a human-like bodily form |
| 1940 | humanoid adj. (1940) | esp. of a robot or alien: having a humanoid form; of or relating to humanoids |
| 1940 | planetfall n. (1940) | a landing upon a planet after a journey through space |
| 1940 | planetscape n. (1940) | the surface geography of a planet |
| 1940 | robotical adj. (1940) | of or relating to robots; (also) suggestive of a robot; mechanical |
| 1940 | science-fictionish adj. (1940) | being, resembling, or reminiscent of science fiction n. 2 |
| 1940 | slan n. (1940) | a science fiction fan: used in self-reference |
| 1940 | space-born adj. 1 (1940) | (of a person) born in space, rather than on a planet |
| 1940 | space bronzed adj. (1940) | = space-tanned adj. |
| 1940 | spaceward adj. (1940) | facing or directed towards space |
| 1940 | stef n. (1940) | = stf n. |
| 1940 | thud and blunder n. (1940) | (a disparaging term for) an adventure story that features violent exploits |
| 1940 | time viewer n. (1940) | = chronoscope n. |
| 1940 | time-warping adj. (1940) | that creates a time warp; that moves (something) through time; (also) of or relating to a time warp |
| 1940 | transporter n. (1940) | a device for conveying people or things instantaneously from one place to another, esp. a machine which converts matter into energy, individual atoms, information, etc., and transmits it in this form to another location where it is reconstituted; = matter transmitter n. |
| 1940 | vibroblade n. (1940) | a weapon or tool having a blade that vibrates rapidly |
| 1940 | visiphone v. (1940) | to use a visiphone to call or speak to someone |
| 1940 | zero-g n. (1940) | = zero-gravity n. |
| 1941 | alternate future n. (1941) | in time-travel contexts: one of a number of possible futures; cf. alternate history; cf. slightly earlier alternative future n. |
| 1941 | alternative reality n. (1941) | = alternate world n. |
| 1941 | Anglofan n. (1941) | a science fiction fan who is a native or resident of the United Kingdom |
| 1941 | antigrav n. (1941) | = antigravity n.; (also) a device that negates the force of gravity |
| 1941 | anywhen adv. (1941) | (in relation to time travel) in or to any point in time |
| 1941 | Arcturan n. 2 (1941) | the language of Arcturans |
| 1941 | astrobiology n. (1941) | a branch of biology concerned with the discovery or study of life on the celestial bodies |