| OED requirements | any evidence 1948 |
| Earliest cite | George O. Smith, "The Trans-Galactic Twins" |
| Comment | Fred Galvin submitted a 1952 cite from Isaac Asimov's "Youth". Fred Galvin submitted a 1948 cite from George O. Smith's "The Trans-Galactic Twins" |
| Last modified | 24 August, 2009 |
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| 1948 G.O. Smith Trans-Galactic Twins in Thrilling Wonder Stories June 18/2 | If I remain on Trenda, I may learn the answer to the atomic engines and sub-etherics. |
| 1948 G.O. Smith Trans-Galactic Twins in Thrilling Wonder Stories June 27/2 | But then any insistence he made as to the science of sub-etherics and the functions thereof would be immediately discounted as the ravings of a sick mind. |
| 1952 I. Asimov Youth in Space Sci. Fiction May 76/2 | In a case such as theirs, then, there was little or no chance that another ship would come within range of their subetherics except for the most improbable of coincidences. |