Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Order by: alphabetical | chronological ( asc | desc )
| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | spaceship n. (1880) | a spacecraft; esp. a manned one under the control of its crew |
| 1880 | Tellurian adj. (1880) | of, relating to, or living on Earth |
| 1878 | anti-gravitation n. (1878) | a hypothetical force opposed to gravity |
| 1878 | space exploration n. (1878) | the exploration of space |
| 1878 | 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 |
| 1877 | areology n. (1877) | the study of the geology of the planet Mars |
| 1876 | Luna n. (1876) | the Moon |
| 1876 | scientific fiction n. (1876) | = science fiction n. 2 |
| 1876 | Sirian adj. (1876) | of or relating to the Sirius system or its inhabitants |
| 1874 | Venusian n. 1 (1874) | a native or inhabitant of the planet Venus |
| 1873 | Martian adj. (1873) | of or relating to the the planet Mars or its inhabitants |
| 1873 | scientific romance n. (1873) | proto-science fiction written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (especially in Britain), exemplified by H.G. Wells; in later use, science fiction that is similar in style or approach; also, a work of this kind |
| 1872 | spaceward adv. (1872) | towards or in the direction of space |
| 1872 | Venusian adj. (1872) | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the planet Venus or its inhabitants |
| 1871 | aircar n. (1871) | = aerocar n. |
| 1871 | earth people n. (1871) | natives or inhabitants of Earth; cf. earth person n. |
| 1871 | Terra n. (1871) | the planet Earth |
| 1870 | meteor storm n. (1870) | a particularly intense meteor shower, esp. occurring when the earth intercepts a meteor stream soon after the originating comet has passed; an intense encounter with a stream of meteors in space |
| 1870 | Neptunian n. 1 (1870) | a native or inhabitant of the planet Neptune |
| 1869 | Jovian n. 1 (1869) | a native or inhabitant of the planet Jupiter |
| 1868 | areography n. (1868) | the study or mapping of the planet Mars |
| 1868 | dystopian n. (1868) | one who advocates or describes a dystopia n. 2 |
| 1868 | Martian n. 1 (1868) | a native or inhabitant of the planet Mars; cf. earlier Marsian n. 1 |
| 1867 | asteroid belt n. (1867) | the toroidal region of space around a star in which most asteroid orbits occur |
| 1866 | time n. (1866) | time viewed as a medium through which travel into the past or future is hypothesized or imagined to be possible |
| 1864 | light-year n. (1864) | the distance light travels in one year |
| 1864 | shapechanging n. (1864) | the act of or ability to shapechange |
| 1861 | Earthian n. 1 (1861) | a native or inhabitant of Earth; = earthling n. |
| 1858 | earthling n. (1858) | a native or inhabitant of Earth |