Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tellurian n. (1828) | a native or inhabitant of Earth |
| Tellurian adj. (1880) | of, relating to, or living on Earth |
| Tellus n. (1930) | the planet Earth |
| temporal paradox n. (1954) | = time paradox n. |
| Terra n. (1871) | the planet Earth |
| terraform v. (1942) | to transform (a planet or environment) by terraforming n. |
| terraformed adj. (1942) | of an environment or planet: transformed by terraforming n. |
| terraformer n. (1942) | one who engages in terraforming n.; (in 1942 quot.) a device that is used for terraforming |
| terraforming n. (1942) | the process of transforming a planet into one sufficiently similar to Earth to support Earth life-forms, esp. humans |
| Terran n. 1 (1935) | a native or inhabitant of Earth |
| Terran n. 2 (1944) | a common language spoken on Earth or by Earthlings |
| Terran adj. (1935) | of or pertaining to Earth or its inhabitants |
| Terranian n. (1913) | a native or inhabitant of Earth; = Terran n. 1; also as adj. |
| Terrene n. (1929) | = Terran n. 1 |
| Terrene adj. 1 (1929) | = Terran adj. |
| terrene adj. 2 (1941) | made of matter (as opposed to antimatter); cf. contraterrene adj. |
| terrestial n. (1930) | a person from Earth; a human |
| terrestial adj. (1711) | of or from Earth or an earthling |
| Terrestrial n. (1889) | a native or inhabitant of Earth; = earthling n. |
| Terrestrian n. (1930) | a native or inhabitant of Earth; = Terrestrial n. |
| terrestrian adj. (1930) | of Earth |
| tesser v. (1962) | in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time: to travel through space by means of a tesseract n. |
| tesseract n. (1962) | in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time: a means of travelling through space by manipulating the dimensions of spacetime |
| thionite n. (1937) | an addictive drug which induces euphoric dreams |
| thought-controlled adj. (1934) | of devices, computers, etc.: controlled by a person’s thoughts or neural impulses |
| thought-reading machine n. (1931) | a machine that can read a person’s thoughts |
| thought screen n. (1931) | = thought shield n. |
| thought shield n. (1931) | a mental barrier that prevents one’s thoughts from being read by a telepath; = mind shield n. |
| thought-variant n. (1933) | a story characterized by a focus on significant ideas rather than action |
| thought wave n. (1849) | a thought emanating from one's mind, esp. a telepathic emanation; a thought or thoughts travelling on a hypothetical medium of thought transfer |
| three-D n. (1955) | a device or system capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image; (also) a three-dimensional image; cf. tri-D n. |
| threedy n. (1984) | three-dimensional television or film |