visor screen n.

= viewscreen n.

  • 1931 N. Schachner & A. Zagat Revolt of the Machines in Astounding Stories July 91/2 page image Arthur Leo Zagat Nat Schachner

    An oval visor-screen with its flitting images brought across space the area the switches controlled.

  • 1936 N. Schachner Isotope Men in Astounding Stories Jan. 68/1 page image Nat Schachner bibliography

    The visor screen went blank.

  • 1942 N. S. Bond Mr. Biggs Goes to Town in Amazing Stories Oct. 131/2 page image Nelson S. Bond bibliography

    The visor screen brightened, and we were looking into the scowling pan of none other than the big boss himself.

  • 1953 A. Coppel Peacemaker in Worlds of If Jan. 74/1 page image Alfred Coppel bibliography

    Merrilโ€™s face appeared in my visor screen.

  • 1963 J. Jakes Underfollow in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 68/2 page image John Jakes bibliography

    On the visor screen a sea-blue Mican, his voice coming through the translator, inquired with contempt whether he was J. Pendennis.

  • 1973 S. J. Lundwall Bernhard the Conqueror ii. 19 page image Sam J. Lundwall bibliography

    Bernhard dragged himself into the maneuver chair. He pressed an inviting button under the visor screen, and a picture of the surroundings appeared.

  • 1983 J. L. Chalker Four Lords of the Diamond 10 page image Jack L. Chalker bibliography

    He turned in his desk chair and punched a button. A blank wall blinked and became a visor screen showing an enormous collection of stars.

  • 1994 R. Silverberg Hot Sky at Midnight 110 page image Robert Silverberg bibliography

    The visor screen on Carpenterโ€™s cabin communicator wasnโ€™t much bigger than a postage stamp, and the resolution was low-grade black-and-white.

  • 2011 N. Asher The Departure xxi. 452 page image Neal Asher bibliography

    Var rechecked her visor screen, seeing all but one of the enforcers retreating along the corridor. [Ibid. 455] Var called up a menu on her visor screen, and keyed into a com icon that was presently dormant.


Research requirements

antedating 1931

Earliest cite

Nathan Schachner and Arthur L. Zagat's 'Venus Mines Incorporated'

Research History
Fred Galvin submitted a 1931 cite from Nathan Schachner and Arthur L. Zagat's 'Venus Mines Incorporated'.

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