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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | videophone n. (1928) | a telephone system that transmits video as well as audio; a telephone that incorporates a video screen on which the other party may be seen |
| 1928 | viewplate n. (1928) | = visiplate n. |
| 1929 | contragravity n. (1929) | = antigravity n. |
| 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 | 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. |
| 1929 | scientifictional adj. (1929) | being, pertaining to, or characteristic of scientifiction n. |
| 1929 | scientifictionist n. (1929) | a fan or writer of science fiction n. |
| 1929 | sf n. (1929) | = science fiction n. |
| 1929 | Sol n. (1929) | the star that Earth orbits; the Sun |
| 1929 | space bus n. (1929) | a spacecraft designed to ferry people (and sometimes freight) short distances |
| 1929 | spacecraft n. (1929) | any vehicle designed to travel in space |
| 1929 | space fiction n. (1929) | science fiction set in space or on other worlds, or involving space travel n. |
| 1929 | space gun n. 1 (1929) | a large gun which projects a spacecraft into space; (also) a hand-held gun whose recoil is used by an astronaut for propulsion |
| 1929 | space suit n. (1929) | a sealed and pressurized garment designed to protect the wearer against the conditions of space; cf. earlier suit n. |
| 1929 | space vessel n. (1929) | = spaceship n. |
| 1929 | star system n. (1929) | a planetary system; = solar system n. |
| 1929 | super-science n. (1929) | extremely advanced science |
| 1930 | airlock n. (1930) | a small airtight compartment with controlled pressure and two sets of doors, used to facilitate movement between the interior and exterior of a spacecraft; (also) either of the doors to such a compartment; cf. space lock n. |
| 1930 | face plate n. (1930) | the transparent window of a spacesuitβs helmet |
| 1930 | fantastic adj. (1930) | having the quality of fantasy n. 1 |
| 1930 | glassite n. (1930) | a strong transparent synthetic material; an artificial substitute for glass |
| 1930 | gravity n. (1930) | = gee n. 2 |
| 1930 | groundcar n. (1930) | a car incapable of flight (in contrast with an aircar n.) |
| 1930 | group mind n. (1930) | a collective intelligence composed of individual intelligences combined into a larger whole; hive mind n. |
| 1930 | home system n. (1930) | the solar system in which an individual being is from; the solar system in which a species originated |
| 1930 | inhuman adj. (1930) | not human; alien |
| 1930 | light barrier n. 1 (1930) | a force field made of beams of light |
| 1930 | moon ship n. (1930) | a spacecraft for travelling to the moon |
| 1930 | mother ship n. (1930) | a spacecraft escorting or having charge of a number of other, usually smaller, craft; one from which other craft are launched or controlled |
| 1930 | needle-beam n. (1930) | a weapon producing a very narrow beam of energy; the beam produced by such a weapon |