Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | astrogating n. (1932) | = astrogation n. |
| 1932 | atomics n. 1 (1932) | any device powered by nuclear energy, esp. a nuclear-powered engine |
| 1932 | automatics n. (1932) | a system that controls the flight of a spacecraft with little or no human intervention; any system or technology for the unsupervised control of a vehicle, environment, etc. |
| 1932 | Callistan n. 1 (1932) | a native or inhabitant of the Jovian moon Callisto; cf. slightly earlier Callistonian n. |
| 1932 | Earth-normal n. (1932) | a state, amount, or value of something (as gravity or atmospheric pressure) that is typical of what is found on Earth |
| 1932 | energy screen n. (1932) | a barrier made of or against energy; a force field n. |
| 1932 | escape ship n. (1932) | = lifeboat n.; lifeship n. |
| 1932 | force screen n. (1932) | = force field n. |
| 1932 | gravity drive n. (1932) | a spaceship drive that uses any technology associated with gravity |
| 1932 | hell planet n. (1932) | a planet regarded as dangerous or unpleasant, esp. one having climate conditions that are inhospitable for humans |
| 1932 | impervium n. (1932) | a virtually impenetrable or indestructible substance |
| 1932 | Jovian n. 2 (1932) | the language of Jovians |
| 1932 | jump n. (1932) | a journey through hyperspace n.; any (nearly) instantaneous travel over a large distance; cf. jump v. |
| 1932 | micro book n. (1932) | a book having the text reproduced at a reduced size by the use of microphotography or microprinting |
| 1932 | moon base n. (1932) | an outpost on a moon, esp. on Earth’s Moon |
| 1932 | needle gun n. (1932) | a gun that produces a very narrow beam of energy; (also) a gun that fires small slivers of metal |
| 1932 | outworld adj. (1932) | on or from another planet, esp. one remote from the homeworld or far from a solar system’s star |
| 1932 | planetary engineer n. (1932) | one who engages in planetary engineering n. |
| 1932 | planet-wide adj. (1932) | extending over or affecting an entire planet |
| 1932 | port n. (1932) | = spaceport n. |
| 1932 | science fantasy n. 2 (1932) | = imaginative fiction |
| 1932 | science fictional adj. (1932) | being, pertaining to, or characteristic of science fiction n. 2 |
| 1932 | scientifilm n. (1932) | a science fiction movie |
| 1932 | soma n. (1932) | in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World: a narcotic drug which produces euphoria and hallucination, distributed by the state in order to control the population by promoting content and social harmony |
| 1932 | space armor n. (1932) | = space suit n., esp. such a suit designed to protect the wearer during combat in space |
| 1932 | spaceboot n. (1932) | footwear intended for use in outer space or on other worlds |
| 1932 | space colony n. (1932) | a group of beings living in a space station or on a world other than their motherworld; the structure or location of such a group |
| 1932 | space drive n. (1932) | a propulsion system for a spaceship; cf. star drive n. |
| 1932 | space force n. (1932) | a branch of the military that acts in outer space |
| 1932 | space-going adj. (1932) | that travels in space |
| 1932 | space gun n. 2 (1932) | a weapon used in by people in space; a toy handgun of a style imagined to be used by space travellers |
| 1932 | spaceman n. (1932) | a person (usu. a man) who travels in space, an astronaut; (also) a (male) person or being from another planet |
| 1932 | spacemanship n. (1932) | skill or experience in piloting a spacecraft |
| 1932 | space pilot n. (1932) | a pilot of a spaceship |
| 1932 | space-tanned adj. (1932) | having a space tan n.; cf. space-burned adj. |
| 1932 | spacewrecked adj. (1932) | wrecked in space |
| 1932 | speeder n. (1932) | any of various small personal vehicles, typically travelling on or very close to the ground |
| 1932 | spy ray n. (1932) | a ray that allows a user to detect sound, images, or thoughts at a distant location or through a barrier |