Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 or by low gravity in general |
| 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. |
| 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; (also) a female or feminine person or being from another planet |
| 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 |
| spacing n. 1 (1942) | the act of travelling in space; (also) the profession of working in space |
| spacing n. 2 (1972) | the act of executing a person by forcing them into space without a spacesuit; cf. space v. 2 |
| speculative fiction n. 1 (1889) | = science fiction n. 2; (sometimes spec.) hard science fiction n. |
| speculative fiction n. 2 (1952) | = imaginative fiction |
| speculative fiction n. 3 (1968) | fiction which includes science fictional elements but which is regarded as not part of the genre of science fiction, as because it is soft science fiction, or to avoid a stigma felt to be associated with the term ‘science fiction’ |
| speeder n. (1932) | any of various small personal vehicles, typically travelling on or very close to the ground |
| Spider-Man principle n. (2003) | the adage ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ |