New Entries (since site relaunch)
| Date added | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-21 | grav n. 2 (1939) | an earth-standard acceleration; gee n. 2 |
| 2020-09-21 | beam weapon n. (1936) | a weapon that fires a destructive beam of energy |
| 2020-09-18 | space bronzed adj. (1940) | = space-tanned adj. |
| 2020-09-17 | visor screen n. (1931) | = viewscreen n. |
| 2020-09-17 | gravitics n. 2 (1982) | any of various devices making use of gravity or gravitational waves, as (a) sensors that use gravitational waves to detect objects in space; (b) a system that creates artificial gravity |
| 2020-09-16 | adult fantasy n. (1932) | fantasy intended for adults rather than children |
| 2020-09-03 | midspace adj. (1931) | occurring in midspace n. |
| 2020-09-03 | midspace n. (1900) | outer space, viewed as an area in its own right |
| 2020-08-31 | probability world n. (1943) | an alternate universe, viewed as one of many such which have differing probabilities of existing |
| 2020-08-26 | light n. 2 (1961) | a light year |
| 2020-08-26 | light n. 1 (1934) | = lightspeed, used as a unit of measure; cf. light-speed n. 2 |
| 2020-08-12 | vidcall n. (1953) | a call made on a videophone n. |
| 2020-08-11 | telepath n. (1889) | a person or being with the ability to use telepathy |
| 2020-08-11 | redshirt n. (1985) | a character who is not portrayed in depth; (esp.) a character whose main plot function is to be killed |
| 2020-08-10 | Whovian n. (1982) | a fan of the British television series Doctor Who |
| 2020-08-10 | xenocide n. (1973) | the killing or attempted killing of an entire alien species; the killing of an individual alien; (also) a person who commits this act |
| 2020-08-10 | Chicon n. (1940) | a SF convention held in Chicago, esp. the 1940 Chicago Science Fiction Convention |
| 2020-08-10 | superspace n. (1939) | = hyperspace n. |
| 2020-08-08 | space law n. (1939) | a body of laws governing issues relating to outer space |
| 2020-08-07 | class M planet n. (1964) | an Earth-type planet |
| 2020-08-06 | earth people n. (1871) | natives or inhabitants of Earth; cf. earth person n. |
| 2020-08-05 | Earthite n. (1814) | a native or inhabitant of Earth |
| 2020-08-04 | atomic engine n. (1914) | an engine powered by nuclear energy |
| 2020-08-04 | ant-man n. (1901) | an alien being that resembles an ant in humanoid form |
| 2020-08-03 | vape v. (1983) | to vaporize by means of a weapon; to destroy completely, annihilate |
| 2020-08-03 | transmat n. (1952) | = matter transmitter n. |
| 2020-08-03 | time-warped adj. (1938) | transported from the past or future by a time warp n. |
| 2020-08-03 | time n. (1866) | time viewed as a medium through which travel into the past or future is hypothesized or imagined to be possible |
| 2020-08-03 | thought-reading machine n. (1931) | a machine that can read a person’s thoughts |
| 2020-08-03 | teleporter n. 2 (1950) | a device for teleporting; = teleport n. 1 |
| 2020-08-03 | teleport n. 3 (1983) | an act of teleportation n. |
| 2020-08-03 | subterrene n. (1956) | a subterranean tunnelling machine; esp. one which melts the rock in front of it and causes the molten rock to form a glassy lining to the tunnel as it develops |
| 2020-08-02 | spacewalker n. (1930) | a machine designed to enable a person to walk in space |
| 2020-07-31 | sonic screwdriver n. (1968) | in the British television series Doctor Who: a (hand-held) electronic device which uses sound waves to perform various mechanical and technical functions |
| 2020-07-31 | robocop n. (1957) | a robotic or bionic law enforcement officer |
| 2020-07-31 | retcon v. (1989) | to revise retrospectively (an aspect of a fictional work or series), typically by means of a revelation which imposes a different interpretation on previously described events; cf. retcon n. |
| 2020-07-30 | precog n. 2 (1954) | precognition; foreknowledge, esp. as a form of extrasensory perception; cf. precog n. 1 and earlier precog v. |
| 2020-07-30 | Planet X n. (1976) | (an arbitrary designation for) an unknown or hypothetical alien planet |
| 2020-07-27 | neural adj. (1951) | connected directly to the nervous system; relating to or designating an interface between an electronic device and the nervous system |
| 2020-07-27 | nanite n. (1989) | a nanomachine designed to build other nanomachines; a self-reproducing nanorobot |
| 2020-07-27 | multiverse n. 2 (1973) | in figurative use: a sphere of very varied possibility, such as the mind or the imagination |
| 2020-07-27 | materialize v. (1927) | to appear in a (reconstituted) physical form after travelling through space or time by means of a matter transmitter or similar device |
| 2020-07-27 | lifeboat n. (1907) | a small spacecraft designed for escaping from a damaged spaceship or space station; cf. lifeship n.; escape ship n. |
| 2020-07-26 | jet pack n. (1952) | a device, worn over the shoulders like a backpack, that enables the wearer to travel through the air or in space by means of jet propulsion |
| 2020-07-26 | transporter n. (1940) | a device for conveying people or things instantaneously from one place to another, esp. a machine which converts matter into energy, individual atoms, information, etc., and transmits it in this form to another location where it is reconstituted; = matter transmitter n. |
| 2020-07-26 | lightsaber n. (1975) | in the fictional universe of the Star Wars franchise: a weapon resembling a sword, but having a destructive beam of light in place of a blade |
| 2020-07-24 | Hugo n. (1953) | any of several awards presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention for excellence in science fiction or fantasy writing, art, publishing, etc. |
| 2020-07-22 | Franken- prefix (1967) | (used to form nouns in the sense ‘created or modified by scientific techniques, esp. genetic engineering’) |
| 2020-07-22 | Flash Gordon adj. (1938) | used attributively to indicate something science-fictional, especially relating to or suggestive of stereotypical or hackneyed science fiction; Buck Rogers n. |
| 2020-07-21 | relaxicon n. (No cites) | see relaxacon n. |