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Science Fiction Citations
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timestream - Vegan
| Word | Cite needed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| timestream (n.) | antedating 1931 'J. Taine' 'The Time Stream' | the sequence of events in time considered notionally as a flow capable of being altered to form different timelines |
| time track (n.) | antedating 1942 M. Jameson 'Anachron, Inc.' | =timeline |
| time travel (n.) | antedating 1914 W. Pitkin in 'The Journal of Philosophy and Scientific Methods' | the imagined activity of travelling into the past or future, hypothetical movement through time |
| time travel (v.) | antedating 1941 Ross Rocklynne, 'Time Wants a Skeleton' | to travel through time |
| time-traveling (adj.) | antedating 1871 Swinburne 'Songs before Sunrise' | that travels through time |
| time traveller (n.) | antedating 1895 H.G. Wells' 'The Time Machine' | one who travels through time |
| time-travelling (n.) | antedating 1895 H. G. Wells 'The Time Machine' | the imagined activity of travelling into the past or future, hypothetical movement through time |
| time warp (n.) | antedating 1937 Oliver Saari, 'The Time Bender' | a distortion of space-time that is conceived as causing or enabling a person to remain stationary in time or to travel backwards or forwards in time |
| time warp (v.) | antedating 1974 | to transport in a time warp |
| tin-can (n.) | antedating 1940 Lee Gregor, 'Flight to Galileo' | a spaceship or space station |
| topside (adj.) | any evidence 1960 Wilson Tucker, 'To the Tombaugh Station' | in orbit |
| torch (n.) | antedating 1950 R. Heinlein, 'Farmer in the Sky' | =torch drive |
| torch (v.) | antedating 1956 | to move (a spaceship) using a torch drive |
| torch drive (n.) | antedating 1976 Larry Niven, 'The Words of Science Fiction' | a kind of spaceship drive |
| torcher (n.) | antedating 1953 R. Heinlein 'Sky Lift' | a pilot of a spaceship with a torch drive |
| torchship (n.) | antedating 1953 R. Heinlein 'Sky Lift' | a spaceship that uses a torch drive |
| tractor (n.) | antedating 1931 E. E. 'Doc' Smith 'Spacehounds of IPC' | = tractor beam |
| tractor beam (n.) | antedating 1931 E. E. 'Doc' Smith 'Spacehounds of IPC' | a device that emits a beam that causes the target to be impelled toward the source of the beam; also the beam itself |
| tractor ray (n.) | antedating 1942 Ross Rocklynne, 'Abyss of Darkness' | =tractor beam |
| transgalactic (adj.) | antedating 1936 H.P. Lovecraft, 'The Shadow Out of Time' | across a galaxy |
| transhuman (n.) | antedating 1978 R.C.W. Ettinger | a human who has through evolution or augmentation acquired capabilities beyond the normal human range sufficient to be regarded as no longer merely human |
| transhuman (adj.) | antedating 1967 R. Silverberg 'Those Who Watch' | having the qualities or characteristics of transhumans |
| transhumanity (n.) | antedating 1978 R. C. W. Ettinger in 'Immortal: Short Novels of the Transhuman Future' | the quality or condition of being transhuman; also, transhumans collectively |
| tri-D (n.) | antedating 1951 D. Knight 'Don't Live in the Past' | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| tridee (n.) | antedating 1961 A. Norton 'Star Hunter' | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| trideo (n.) | antedating 1953 James E. Gunn, "Breaking Point" | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| tri-di (n.) | antedating 1950 J. Blish 'Earthman, Come Home' | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| tri-dim (n.) | antedating 1963 R. Silverberg 'To See the Invisible Man' | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| triffidian (adj.) | postdating 1951 J. Wyndham 'The Day of the Triffids' | like, or in the manner of a triffid |
| triffid-like (adj.) | interdating 1971 Daily Telegraph 16 Jan | like, or in the manner of a triffid |
| tri-v (n.) | antedating 1956 A. Nourse 'Brightside Crossing' | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| trivee (n.) | antedating 1969 K. Roberts 'Therapy 2000' | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| tri-vid (n.) | antedating 1955 W. Sheldon 'Your Time is Up' | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| trivvy (n.) | antedating 1966 K. Roberts 'Synth' | a device capable of transmitting or displaying a three dimensional image |
| UFO (n.) | antedating 1953 D. E. Keyhoe in 'Air Line Pilot' Oct. | an unidentified flying object; a ‘flying saucer’ |
| ultraphone (n.) | any evidence 1934 E.E. Smith, 'Skylark of Valeron' | a fictitious communications device that transmits messages faster than light |
| ultrawave (n.) | antedating 1939 Lester del Rey, 'Habit' | a wave phenomenon that propagates faster than the speed of light: a communication system using such a wave |
| unsuit (v.) | antedating 1964 P. J. Farmer 'Tongues of the Moon' | to remove a spacesuit |
| unsuited (adj.) | antedating 1966 F. Herbert 'Destination Void' | not wearing a spacesuit |
| uplift (n.) | antedating 1980 David Brin 'Sundiver' | the act or process of uplifting a species |
| uplift (v.) | antedating 1980 D. Brin 'Sundiver' | to engineer a species (usually genetically) to make them intelligent |
| uplifter (n.) | any evidence 2007 John Scalzi, "The Ghost Brigades" | one who carries out uplift |
| uplifting (n.) | antedating 1989 D. Brin 'Sundiver' | the act or process of uplifting a species |
| Uranian (n.) | antedating 1870 Proctor 'Other Worlds Than Ours' | an inhabitant of Uranus |
| vacsuit (n.) | antedating 1942 L. Brackett 'Child of the Sun' | a vacuum suit; a space suit |
| vacsuited (adj.) | antedating 1994 D. Weber 'On Basilisk Station' | wearing a vacuum suit |
| vacuum suit (n.) | antedating 1930 E. E. Smith, "Skylark Three" | a spacesuit |
| vacuum-suited (adj.) | antedating 1947 R. Abernathy 'Failure on Titan' | wearing a vacuum suit |
| Vegan (n.) | antedating 1943 'H. Clement' Attitude | a (supposed) inhabitant of Vega |
| Vegan (adj.) | antedating 1940 Editorial, Thrilling Wonder Stories | of or pertaining to Vega or its imaginary inhabitants |