Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| space liner n. (1931) | a large and esp. luxurious spaceship for passenger travel |
| space lock n. (1930) | = airlock n. |
| spaceman n. (1932) | a person (usu. a man) who travels in space, an astronaut; (also) a person or being from another planet |
| spacemanship n. (1932) | skill or experience in piloting a spacecraft |
| space navigation n. (1928) | navigation in space; = astrogation n. |
| space navigator n. (1929) | one who navigates a spaceship; = astrogator n. |
| space opera n. (1941) | a subgenre of science fiction featuring adventure-driven, extravagantly dramatic plots (often including elements of romance) set in outer space; a subgenre of science fiction which uses stock characters and settings, especially those of Westerns translated into outer space; a work in this genre, regarded as being of an unsophisticated or clichΓ©d type |
| space-operatic adj. (1953) | being or resembling space opera n. |
| space-pale adj. (1948) | pale from being in space; cf. space-tanned adj. |
| space patrol n. (1930) | a military or police force operating in space |
| space patrolman n. (1939) | a man who works for a space patrol n. |
| space pilot n. (1932) | a pilot of a spaceship |
| space piracy n. (1937) | piracy carried out against space vessels or other worlds |
| space pirate n. (1930) | one who preys on spaceships or other worlds |
| space platform n. (1945) | = space station n. |
| spaceport n. (1930) | a place where spacecraft can take off and land in order to discharge and receive passengers or cargo, refuel, or undergo maintenance; a facility for this purpose |
| 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 exposure to the light of stars unfiltered by planetary atmospheres; cf. space burn n. |
| space-tanned adj. (1932) | having a space tan n.; cf. space-burned adj. |
| 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. |