Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | space fleet n. (1930) | an organized group of spaceships, esp. one under military control |
| 1930 | space flight n. (1930) | a journey in or into outer space; (as a mass noun) space-travel generally |
| 1930 | space freighter n. (1930) | a spaceship primarily used for transporting cargo |
| 1930 | spaceline n. (1930) | a company that offers passenger space flights, esp. on a regular route; such a route itself |
| 1930 | space lock n. (1930) | = airlock n. |
| 1930 | space patrol n. (1930) | a military or police force operating in space |
| 1930 | space pirate n. (1930) | one who preys on spaceships or other worlds |
| 1930 | 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 |
| 1930 | space station n. (1930) | a large artificial satellite used as a long-term base for operations in space |
| 1930 | space-travelling adj. (1930) | capable of space travel; that travels in space |
| 1930 | spacewalker n. (1930) | a machine designed to enable a person to walk in space |
| 1930 | sub-ether n. (1930) | a medium through which faster-than-light signals (or (rarely) objects) travel |
| 1930 | Tellus n. (1930) | the planet Earth |
| 1930 | terrestial n. (1930) | a person from Earth; a human |
| 1930 | terrestrian adj. (1930) | of Earth |
| 1930 | tight-beam n. (1930) | a highly focused energy beam, esp. one that conveys communications; a device that sends such a beam; a message sent by such a device |
| 1930 | transgalactic adj. (1930) | across, crossing, or extending across a galaxy |
| 1930 | Vegan n. 1 (1930) | a native or inhabitant of the solar system of the star Vega |
| 1930 | Vegan adj. (1930) | of or pertaining to the star Vega, or the natives or inhabitants of its solar system |
| 1930 | viewscreen n. (1930) | a television or similar electronic display screen for viewing images or data |
| 1930 | vision plate n. (1930) | = viewscreen n. |
| 1930 | visiplate n. (1930) | = viewscreen n. |
| 1929 | contragravity n. (1929) | = antigravity n. |
| 1929 | Earthan n. (1929) | Earthian n. 1; (also) Earthian n. 2 |
| 1929 | Earthward adj. (1929) | facing toward Earth |
| 1929 | feelie n. (1929) | a motion picture augmented by tactile effects which are felt by the viewer; chiefly in plural (frequently with the): the screening of such pictures; such pictures as a type of entertainment |
| 1929 | force beam n. (1929) | = tractor beam n.; = pressor beam n. |
| 1929 | graviton n. (1929) | a subatomic particle thought of as propagating the action of gravitational force |
| 1929 | gravitonic adj. (1929) | of or relating to gravitons |
| 1929 | home sun n. (1929) | = home star n. |
| 1929 | light-speed n. 2 (1929) | a unit of measure of speed equal to the speed of light; cf. light n. 1 |
| 1929 | mind-controlling adj. (1929) | of a device or a being: having the ability to control a personβs thoughts or actions; (also) of or relating to mind control n. |
| 1929 | planetless adj. (1929) | of a star: having no orbiting planets; (occasionally, of people) having no home planet; homeless in space |
| 1929 | pseudopod n. (1929) | a temporary functional limb extended from the body of an amorphous being |
| 1929 | raise v. (1929) | to cause (a spaceship) to lift off a planet; (of a spaceship) to lift off a planet |
| 1929 | ray pistol n. (1929) | a handheld ray gun n. |
| 1929 | science-fictionist n. (1929) | a writer or aficionado of science fiction n. 2 |
| 1929 | scientifictional adj. (1929) | being, pertaining to, or characteristic of scientifiction n. |