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| Word | Cite needed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gravity screen (n.) | antedating 1930 S.P. Meek in Amazing Stories | |
| gravity well (n.) | antedating 1963 Winston P. Sanders (Poul Anderson), 'Industrial Revolution' | the vicinity of a large mass, such as a planet or star, in which significant energy must be expended in order to move a long away from the mass |
| gravs (n.) | antedating 1940 'George Danzell', 'The Castaway' | anti-gravitational propulsion devices |
| grok (v.) | 1961 coined by Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land | to perceive or understand fully; to feel empathy with; to enjoy, appreciate |
| groundcar (n.) | antedating 1937 E.E. Smith, "Galactic Patrol" | a car incapable of flight (in contrast with 'aircar') |
| groundhog (n.) | antedating 1942 Robert Heinlein, 'Waldo' | a person who has never been in space |
| group mind (n.) | antedating 1931 Olaf Stapledon, "Last and First Men" | A collective intelligence composed of individual intelligences combined into a larger whole. |
| gyro (n.) | antedating 1936 | a flying machine (from "autogiro") |
| gyro-bus (n.) | antedating 1936 John Beynon (Wyndham), 'Planet Plane' | a flying bus |
| gyro-cab (n.) | any evidence 1947 Jerry Shelton, 'You are forbidden!' | a flying taxi |
| heat ray (n.) | antedating 1898 H. G. Wells, 'War of the Worlds' | |
| helicab (n.) | antedating 1950 John Weston, "Heli-cab Hack" | a helicopter-based flying taxi |
| hive-mind (n.) | antedating 1950 James Schmitz, "Second Night of Summer" | =group mind |
| hobbit-hole (n.) | antedating 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit | a hobbit's house; or a small cozy house |
| hobbitish (adj.) | antedating 1966 | resembling a hobbit, hobbit-like |
| hobbitlike (adj.) | any evidence 1964 J.R.R. Tolkien, letter to Naomi Mitchison | like a hobbit |
| holo (n.) | antedating 1970 Larry Niven, Ringworld | a three-dimensional image, or device for displaying such images; contraction of "hologram" |
| holocam (n.) | antedating 1968 John Brunner, "Stand on Zanzibar" | a camera for taking three-dimesnsional holographic pictures. Looking for both 'holocam' and 'holocamera' |
| holodeck (n.) | antedating 1987 David Gerrold, "Encounter at Farpoint" | a computer controlled artificial physical environment (Star Trek) |
| holovision (n.) | antedating 1968 | three-dimensional television |
| home planet (n.) | antedating 1930 John W. Campbell, Jr., 'The Black Star Passes' | = homeworld |
| home star (n.) | antedating 1939 Clifford Simak, "The Cosmic Engineers" | the star which the homeworld orbits. |
| homeworld (n.) | antedating 1900 George Griffiths, A Honeymoon in Space | The world on which an individual was born, or on which a species originated |
| homo superior (n.) | antedating 1935 Olaf Stapledon, "Odd John" | the hypothetical superior successor species to homo sapiens. |
| hovercar (n.) | antedating 1959 in The Progress | a car that utilizes an air-cushion as a means of support |
| hull (v.) | antedating 1942 | to make a hole in the hull of a spaceship (usu. in passive) |
| hulled (adj.) | antedating 1941 Leigh Brackett, 'Retreat to the Stars' | used of a spaceship whose hull has been penetrated |
| humanoid (n.) | antedating 1940 Isaac Asimov, Homo Sol | A non-human being that has a human-like bodily form |
| humanoid (adj.) | antedating 1944 Isaac Asimov 'Evidence' | of a robot or alien that is of human form |
| hyperdrive (n.) | antedating 1949 Startling Stories | a spaceship drive that enables travel faster than the speed of light. |
| hyperspace (n.) | antedating 1928 Kirk Meadowcroft, "The Invisible Bubble" | a hypothetical realm existing alongside our own; a parallel universe |
| impervium (n.) | antedating 1942 F. Orlin Tremaine, "A Leader for Korcin" | a near-indestructible synthetic material or alloy |
| inertial dampener (n.) | any evidence 1998 L. A. Graf & M. J. Friedman. 'War Dragons' | = inertial damper |
| inertial damper (n.) | any evidence 1998 Greg Cox, 'Assignment: Eternity' | a hypothetical device used for partially neutralising the effects of inertia |
| inertial damping (n.) | any evidence 1987 Greg Bear, "Eon" | |
| inhuman (adj.) | antedating 1930 Edward E. Smith, 'Skylark Three' | not human; alien |
| inner space (n.) | antedating 1958 | the human mind (as a metaphorical contrat to "outer space") |
| insectoid (n.) | antedating 1937 Olaf Stapledon, "Star Maker" | An insect-like creature |
| insectoid (adj.) | antedating 1953 Richard S. Shaver, "Beyond the Barrier" | insect-like |
| in-system (adj.) | antedating 1971 Larry Niven, 'A Gift From Earth' | |
| in-system (adv.) | antedating 1961 Keith Laumer, 'Stranger in Paradox' | |
| intergalactic (adj.) | antedating 1920 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 2 1920 | Situated between the galaxies; of, pertaining to, or occupying the regions between galaxies. |
| intergalactically (adv.) | antedating 1980 in Punch | between galaxies |
| interworld (adj.) | antedating 1937 J.B. Walter, 'Scientifacts' | between or occurring between planets |
| ion drive (n.) | antedating 1947 Jack Williamson, The Equalizer | a spacecraft propulsion system that uses electrically accelerated ions. |
| jack in (v.) | antedating 1970 | connect to a computer |
| Jovian (n.) | antedating 1873 R. Payne Smith, 'Science and Revelation' | a (presumed) inhabitant of the planet Jupiter |
| Jovian (n.) | any evidence 1943 Clifford D. Simak, 'Hunch' | the hypothetical language spoken by Jovians |
| Jovian (adj.) | antedating 1794 G. Adams in Nat. & Exp. Philos. | of Jupiter |
| jump (n.) | antedating 1945 Isaac Asimov, "Escape" | a journey through hyperspace; any instantaneous (long-distance) travel |