Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Order by: alphabetical | chronological
Word | Definition |
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space probe n. (1949) | an unmanned spacecraft used esp. for research or reconnaissance |
spacer n. 1 (1937) | = spaceman n.; esp. a civilian who travels or works in space |
spacer n. 2 (1939) | = spaceship n. |
space relay n. (1958) | a relay station, as for a radio transmission, in space or on a moon |
space rocket n. (1924) | a rocket designed to travel beyond a planet's atmosphere |
space sailor n. (1933) | a person who travels in space, esp. as a profession |
space science n. (1953) | the study of outer space |
space scientist n. (1939) | an expert or specialist in a branch of science that deal with regions beyond the earth or beyond Earthβs atmosphere, including astronomy, astrophysics, and exobiology |
spaceship n. (1880) | a spacecraft; esp. a manned one under the control of its crew |
space shuttle n. (1950) | = shuttle n. |
space sick adj. (1912) | suffering from spacesickness n. |
spacesickness n. (1912) | sickness caused by the effects of space flight |
space station n. (1930) | a large artificial satellite used as a long-term base for operations in space |
space suit n. (1929) | a sealed and pressurized garment designed to protect the wearer against the conditions of space; cf. earlier suit n. |
space-suited adj. (1931) | wearing a space suit n. |
space tan n. (1936) | a tan caused by being in space, exposed to the light of stars unfiltered by planetary atmospheres |
space-tanned adj. (1932) | having a space tan n. |
space taxi n. (1941) | a small spacecraft designed for short-distance ferrying of passengers |
space travel n. (1923) | travel through outer space |
space traveller n. (1928) | a traveller in outer space |
space travelling n. (1928) | travelling through outer space |
space-travelling adj. (1930) | capable of space travel; that travels in space |
space tug n. (1939) | a small powerful spacecraft designed for short-distance tasks, such as maneuvering other vessels, pulling freight ships, etc. |
space tunnel n. (1975) | = wormhole n. |
space vehicle n. (1928) | = spacecraft n. |
space vessel n. (1929) | = spaceship n. |
spacewalker n. (1930) | a machine designed to enable a person to walk in space |
spaceward adj. (1940) | facing or directed towards space |
spaceward adv. (1872) | towards or in the direction of space |
space warp n. (1935) | a distortion of space-time that enables space travellers to make journeys at faster-than-light speeds |
spaceway n. (1933) | an established route through space; usu. in pl. spaceways space as an area in which people travel; cf. planet v. |
spacewoman n. (1937) | a female space traveller |
spaceworthiness n. (1933) | the condition of being spaceworthy adj. |
spaceworthy adj. (1931) | (of a person) in a fit condition for space travel; (of an object, esp. a vehicle) in a fit condition for use in space |
spacewreck n. (1933) | the destruction of a spacecraft; a wrecked spacecraft |
spacewrecked adj. (1932) | wrecked in space |
space yacht n. (1931) | a luxurious spaceship for personal use |