Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Order by: alphabetical | chronological ( asc | desc )
| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | scout ship n. (1930) | a usu. small and fast spaceship used for reconnaissance |
| 1930 | shield n. (1930) | a force field that protects something (such as a spaceship, a city, or an individual person) from potentially harmful objects or energy; cf. deflector n. |
| 1930 | shuttle n. (1930) | a small spacecraft used to transport passengers or cargo over a relatively short distance, as between an orbiting ship and a planet’s surface, or as a lifeboat |
| 1930 | Solarian n. 2 (1930) | a native or inhabitant of Earth’s solar system |
| 1930 | Solarian adj. (1930) | pertaining to Earth’s sun, solar system, or their inhabitants |
| 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 or system that sends such a beam; a message sent by such a device or system |
| 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 | Venerian n. 2 (1930) | the language of Venerians |
| 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 | Capellan n. 1 (1929) | a native or inhabitant of the Capella system |
| 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 |