Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Order by: alphabetical | chronological ( asc | desc )
| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | tin can n. (1938) | a spaceship or space station |
| 1938 | uchronia n. (1938) | = alternate history n. |
| 1938 | uchronic adj. (1938) | of or relating to uchronias |
| 1938 | vac-suit n. (1938) | = vacuum suit n. |
| 1938 | zero-gravity n. (1938) | 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 the force |
| 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 | Callistan n. 2 (1937) | the language of Callistans |
| 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) | of, relating to, or 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 |
| 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; (also) a female or feminine person or being from another planet |
| 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 |