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extraterrestrial - graviton
| Word | Cite needed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| extraterrestrial (n.) | antedating 1942 Martin Pearson, The Embassy | a creature not from Earth |
| extraterrestrial (adj.) | antedating 1868 | existing or originating outside the earth or its atmosphere. |
| face plate (n.) | antedating 1930 | i.e., of a space- or diving-suit |
| farside (n.) | antedating 1962 | The part of the Moon facing away from Earth |
| faster-than-light (adj.) | antedating 1940 D. D. Sharp, "The Lodestone Core" | that is traveling or can travel faster than light |
| faster than light (adv.) | antedating 1936 Clemence Dane (pseudonym of Winifred Ashton), 'American Fairy Tales.' | at a speed faster than that of light |
| fembot (n.) | antedating 1976 Fresno Bee (TV magazine) | a robot resembling a woman in appearance |
| first contact (n.) | antedating 1935 Murray Leinster, Proxima Centauri | The first meeting between two different intelligent species |
| flame pistol (n.) | antedating 1931 Harl Vincent, "Invisible Ships" | a pistol that shoots flames |
| flash crowd (n.) | any evidence | |
| flitter (n.) | antedating 1941 Edward E. Smith,'The Vortex Blaster' | A small personal aircraft |
| floater (n.) | antedating 1952 C.M Kornbluth, Make Mine Mars | an airborne floating platform powered by e.g. antigravity |
| flying saucer (n.) | antedating 1947 | the fanciful name given to various unidentified disc- or saucer-shaped objects reported as appearing in the sky; |
| force-beam (n.) | antedating 1930 Edmond Hamilton, 'The Universe Wreckers' | = tractor beam or pressor beam |
| force field (n.) | antedating 1931 E.E. Smith, Spacehounds of IPC | a field of force that acts as an invisible barrier. |
| force-screen (n.) | antedating 1939 Frank Belknap Long, The Dweller in Outer Darkness | force field |
| free fall (n.) | antedating 1851 North American Review | The state in which a body moves freely under the influence of gravity. |
| fresher (n.) | antedating 1940 Robert A. Heinlein, Coventry | something like a bathroom; it is a contraction of "refresher", and is usually spelled with an initial apostrophe: 'fresher. |
| ftl (adj.) | antedating 1950 | abbreviation for faster than light |
| ftl (adv.) | antedating 1969 R. Meredith 'We All Died At Breakaway Station' | at a speed faster than that of light |
| future history (n.) | antedating 1937 in Thrilling Wonder Stories | a fictional, self-contained, consistent, chronological framework (esp. realized across a body of work); (also) the subgenre of science fiction that uses such a framework |
| galactic (n.) | antedating 1952 MIchael Shaara, 'All The Way Back' | An inhabitant of the galaxy, or a member of a galaxy-wide civilization |
| galactic (n.) | antedating 1961 Lloyd Biggle Jr., "Monument" | a language commonly spoken throughout the galaxy |
| galactographer (n.) | antedating 1965 Edmond Hamilton, "Return to the Stars" | one who maps the physical structure of galaxies. |
| galactographic (adj.) | antedating 1950 Isaac Asimov, "Second foundation" | of the mapping of galaxies |
| galactography (n.) | antedating 1950 Isaac Asimov, 'Second Foundation' | the science of mapping galaxies |
| galaxy-wide (adj.) | antedating 1940 Isaac Asimov, 'Homo Sol' | extending across the galaxy |
| galaxy-wide (adv.) | antedating 1965 Keith Laumer, 'Retief's War' | |
| gas giant (n.) | antedating 1952 James Blish, 'Solar Plexus' | a large planet composed mostly of gaseous material thought to surround a solid core; spec. each of the four largest planets in the solar system (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) |
| gate (n.) | antedating 1931 Jack Williamson's 'Through the Purple Cloud' | a matter transmission device, esp. a device that delineates an area through which one passes in order to travel to another location |
| gateway (n.) | antedating 1933 Harl Vincent, 'Wanderer of Infinity' | a portal allowing travel or communication between dimensions, alternate universes, etc. |
| geas (n.) | antedating 1921 James Branch Cabell, 'Figures of Earth' | sense is a spell, or a magical compulsion |
| gee (n.) | antedating 1951 Poul Anderson, "Tiger by the Tail," in Planet Stories | an Earth-standard acceleration |
| gee (n.) | any evidence 1949 Margaret St. Clair, 'The Sacred Martian Pig' | an acceleration or gravitational force; a more general sense than the standard earth gravitational acceleration. |
| generation ship (n.) | antedating 1955 E.C. Tubb, 'Star Ship' | = generation starship; also 'generation spaceship' |
| generation starship (n.) | antedating 1979 The Science Fiction Encyclopedia | an interstellar spacecraft in which multiple generations of passengers are born live, and die before arrival at its destination. |
| genetically engineered (adj.) | antedating 1973 | produced by the process of genetic engineering. |
| genetic engineer (n.) | antedating 1954 | a scientist who works in the field of genetic engineering. |
| genetic engineering (n.) | antedating 1949 | the science of deliberate modifications of the genetic makeup of living beings. |
| gengineer (n.) | antedating 1987 Economist | =genetic engineer |
| gengineer (v.) | antedating 1989 | To produce, develop, or alter through genetic engineering |
| gengineering (n.) | antedating 1985 Edward Llewellyn, "The Lords of Creation" | =genetic engineering |
| glassite (n.) | antedating 1934 Frank K. Kelly, 'Famine on Mars' | a synthetic material resembling glass |
| go nova (v.) | antedating 1942 | (of a star) to become a nova; (more generally, of a star, planet, etc.) to explode. |
| go supernova (v.) | antedating 1942 | (of a star) to become a supernova; |
| graser (n.) | any evidence 1964 Wallace Cloud, "Science Newsfront" | a device that produces a beam of gamma radiation, usually as an energy weapon. Acronym from gamma ray amplification by stimulated emission of radiation |
| gravitic (adj.) | antedating 1935 "Don A. Stuart", 'Rebellion' | relating to gravitics |
| gravitically (adv.) | antedating 1982 | in a way that uses or is explained by gravitics |
| gravitics (n.) | antedating 1944 Malcolm Jameson, Tricky Tonnage | the science of manipulating gravity |
| graviton (n.) | antedating 1941 Ross Rocklynne, Time Wants A Skeleton | a hypothetical particle that mediates gravity, analogous to the photon for electromagnetism |