Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Order by: alphabetical | chronological ( asc | desc )
| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | needler n. (1937) | = needle gun n.; (also) a person who who operates such a weapon |
| 1937 | otherspace n. (1937) | any of various types of space, as hyperspace or subspace, subject to different physical laws than our own; cf. realspace n. |
| 1937 | planetman n. (1937) | a person from oneβs home planet n. |
| 1937 | planetographer n. (1937) | one who studies or maps planets |
| 1937 | promag n. (1937) | a professional magazine; prozine n. |
| 1937 | Rhean adj. (1937) | of or relating to the Saturnian moon Rhea |
| 1937 | Rigellian n. 1 (1937) | a native or inhabitant of the Rigel system |
| 1937 | Rigellian adj. (1937) | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Rigel system or its inhabitants |
| 1937 | Sol III n. (1937) | the Earth |
| 1937 | space burn n. (1937) | inflammation of the skin caused by exposure to the light of stars unfiltered by planetary atmospheres; cf. space tan n., space-burned adj. |
| 1937 | space conquest n. (1937) | the conquest of territory in outer space or on other planets |
| 1937 | space dog n. (1937) | = spacehound n. |
| 1937 | space piracy n. (1937) | piracy carried out against space vessels or other worlds |
| 1937 | spacer n. 1 (1937) | = spaceman n.; esp. a civilian who travels or works in space |
| 1937 | spacewoman n. (1937) | a female space traveller |
| 1937 | stfnal adj. (1937) | = science fictional adj. |
| 1937 | subspace n. (1937) | a physical space subject to different physical laws from our own, typically allowing motion or communication at speeds greater than the speed of light |
| 1937 | superhero n. (1937) | a person who uses superpowers or superscience for benevolent purposes |
| 1937 | thionite n. (1937) | an addictive drug which induces euphoric dreams |
| 1937 | time warp n. (1937) | a distortion of space-time by which people or objects at one point in time can be (instantly) moved to another, or within which time moves at a different speed |
| 1937 | vacuum-suited adj. (1937) | wearing a vacuum suit n. |
| 1936 | android n. (1936) | a robot or other artificial being made to resemble a human, esp. one made of synthetic flesh or a fleshlike material (in contrast to metal, plastic, etc.) |
| 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 | Ganymedian n. 2 (1936) | the language or dialect of Ganymedians |
| 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. |