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| Word | Cite needed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3-di (n.) | antedating 1986 'James Tiptree jr.' (Alice Sheldon): "Collision" | A device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| aerocar (n.) | antedating 1908 Stephen Chalmers, New York Times | a small, personal flying vehicle, equivalent to a flying car |
| AI (n.) | antedating 1963 Artificial Intelligence Project, MIT | abbrev. for artificial intelligence, the science of producing computer programs capable of 'intelligent' behaviour |
| AI (n.) | antedating 1974 Gardner Dozois, 'Chains of the Sea' | abbrev. for artificial intelligence, a computer program as an intelligent being. |
| aircab (n.) | antedating 1940 Harry Bates, 'Farewell to the Master' | a flying taxicab |
| aircar (n.) | antedating 1871 New York Times, 1871 | = aerocar |
| airlock (n.) | antedating 1928 in E. E. "Doc" Smith's Skylark of Space | a small 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 |
| alien (n.) | interdating 1820-1920 | an (intelligent) being from another planet |
| alien (adj.) | antedating 1920 | Of or pertaining to an (intelligent) being or beings from another planet; that derives from another world. |
| alien life form (n.) | antedating 1937 Arthur K. Barnes, Thrilling Wonder Stories | a living being of extraterrestrial origin |
| android (n.) | antedating 1727 From the Chambers Cyclopedia | a robot or other artificial being made to resemble a human. |
| ansible (n.) | antedating 1966 LeGuin, Rocannon's World | an instantaneous communication device, not limited by the speed of light. |
| antigrav (n.) | antedating 1941 Theodore Sturgeon,'The Artnan Process' | short form of anti-gravity |
| anti-gravitation (n.) | antedating 1930 T. Wolf, Can Man Free Himself From Gravity | a hypothetical force opposed to gravity |
| anti-gravitational (adj.) | antedating 1900 George Griffiths, A Visit to the Moon | |
| antigravity (n.) | antedating 1932 J.M Walsh, | a hypothetical force opposed to that of gravity |
| antigravity (adj.) | antedating 1896 George Parsons Lathrop &Thomas A. Edison, "In the Deep of Time" | pertaining to something that negates or cancels the effect of gravity |
| antimatter (n.) | antedating 1953 Science News Letters | matter composed of antiparticles |
| anywhen (n.) | antedating 1941 Robert A. Heinlein, Elsewhen | |
| areographer (n.) | antedating 1880 | one who maps or studies the planet Mars |
| areography (n.) | antedating 1868 R.A. Proctor, Lands and Seas of Another World | the study or mapping of the planet Mars |
| areologic (adj.) | antedating 1993 G. Bear 'Moving Mars' | = areological |
| areological (adj.) | antedating 1932 J. Williamson & L. Schwartzman 'Red Slag of Mars' | of, pertaining to, or derived from areology; such as is described, investigated, or ascertained by areology |
| areologist (n.) | antedating 1976 in Frederik Pohl's "Man Plus" | a geologist specializing in Martian geology |
| areology (n.) | antedating 1868 "The Planet of War", in Littell's Living Age | the study of the planet Mars (analogous to geology for the Earth) |
| artificial gravity (n.) | antedating 1930 Olaf Stapledon | |
| artificial intelligence (n.) | antedating 1956 Marvin Minsky, ' Heuristic Aspects of Artificial Intelligence Probl. ' | The design and study of computer programs intended to show intelligent behaviour |
| asteroid belt (n.) | antedating 1877 The Manufacturer and Builder" | the toroidal region of space around a star in which most asteroid orbits occur. |
| asteroid field (n.) | antedating 1980 | a region of space in which there is a high density of asteroids; cf. asteroid belt |
| astrobiology (n.) | antedating 1941 Astronomical Society of the Pacific leaflet #143 | a branch of biology concerned with the discovery or study of life on the celestial bodies |
| astroengineering (n.) | antedating 1971 in Nature, in a alien-life-in-outer-space context | |
| astrogate (v.) | antedating 1941 R.A. Heinlein, 'Common Sense' | to navigate in space |
| astrogation (n.) | antedating 1931 D. Lasser, Conquest of Space | the act of navigation in space |
| astrogational (adj.) | antedating 1940 Malcolm Jameson, "Quicksands of Youthwardness" | of navigation in space |
| astrogator (n.) | antedating 1931 David Lasser, "the Conquest of Space" | one who practices astrogation |
| astronavigation (n.) | antedating 1935 ALexander M, Phillips, Martian Gesture | = astrogation |
| astronavigator (n.) | antedating 1941 Eric Frank Russell, 'Jay Score' | = astrogator (also astro-navigator) |
| atomic (adj.) | antedating 1914 H.G. Wells. 'The World Set Free' | In the SF sense, using the energy within the atomic nucleus. |
| atomics (n.) | antedating 1919 | the science of atoms and atomic energy |
| avatar (n.) | antedating 1986 | a VR representation of a person |
| avian (n.) | antedating 1948 William Tenn, 'The Ionian Cycle' | a bird-like living creature (but not a bird) |
| avian (adj.) | antedating 1931 Olaf Stapledon, "Last and First Men" | bird-like |
| beam (v.) | antedating 1951 Samuel A. Peeples, David A. Kyle, and Martin Greenberg, 'A Dictionary of Science Fiction' | to travel through space as if along a beam of light or energy; to transport (someone or something) in this manner |
| beanstalk (n.) | any evidence 1982 Robert A. Heinlein, 'Friday' | a space elevator |
| Belter (n.) | antedating 1966 Larry Niven, 'The Warriors' | one who is born/lives in an asteroid belt |
| bionic (adj.) | antedating 1963 IEEE Trans, Military Electronics | of or pertaining to bionics; having or being an artificial, esp. electromechanical, device that replaces part of the body; having ordinary human capabilities increased (as if) by the aid of such devices. |
| biotechnician (n.) | antedating 1951 Poul Anderson, 'Inside Earth" | |
| blaster (n.) | antedating 1925 Nictzin Dyalhis, When the Green Star Waned | weapon that emits a destructive blast |
| blast-off (n.) | antedating 1937 Arthur Leo Zagat, 'The Cavern of the Shining Pool' | the initial thrust required to launch a rocket or the like into space; the launching of the rocket itself |
| blast off (v.) | antedating 1937 E.E. Smith, 'Galactic Patrol' | to take off in a rocket |