Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| telempath n. (1960) | a person who has the psionic ability to sense othersβ emotions |
| telempathic adj. (1958) | of or by means of telempathy n. |
| telempathy n. (1952) | the psionic ability to sense othersβ emotions |
| telepath n. (1889) | a person or being with the ability to use telepathy |
| telepath v. (1885) | to transmit (a message, image, etc.) by telepathy; (also) to communicate with (a person) by telepathy; also intransitive; cf. telepathize v. |
| telepathize v. (1894) | = telepath v. |
| teleport n. 1 (1878) | a device for conveying people or things instantaneously from one place to another, esp. a machine which breaks matter down into its constituent particles or converts it into energy, information, etc., and transmits it in this form to another location where it is reconstituted; teleporter n. 2 |
| teleport n. 2 (1949) | a person who is able to teleport, esp. by psychic rather than technological means; teleporter n. 1 |
| teleport n. 3 (1983) | an act of teleportation n. |
| teleport v. 1 (1931) | transitive to cause to move or travel by teleportation; esp. to convey or transport instantaneously from one place to another by means of an advanced technological device |
| teleport v. 2 (1944) | intransitive to transport oneself instantaneously from one place to another; to travel by teleportation; (also) to be transported in this way, esp. by means of an advanced technological device |
| teleportage n. (1936) | = teleportation n. |
| teleportation n. (1931) | instantaneous transportation from one place to another, esp. by means of a machine which breaks matter down into its constituent particles or converts it to energy, information, etc., and transmits it in this form to another location where it is reconstituted |
| teleporter n. 1 (1949) | a person who is able to teleport; = teleport n. 2 |
| teleporter n. 2 (1950) | a device for teleporting; = teleport n. 1 |
| teleporting n. (1946) | the action of teleporting; = teleportation n. |
| teleporting adj. (1948) | capable of teleportation n.; causing teleportation n. |
| telescanner n. (1938) | a scanner, esp. one used for remote visual examination |
| telescreen n. (1932) | a video screen, esp. one forming part of a communications device |
| teleview n. (1905) | a device or system for displaying video |
| 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 loop n. (1975) | = time loop n. |
| 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. |
| terraformation n. (1971) | = 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 |