- noun
- A device for sending and receiving wireless voice communications.
- Origin
- Formed from the prefix piezo- (relating to piezoelectricity) and phone (sound).
- Source
- Gateway
- verb
- A method of faster-than-light travel that involves compressing space into two dimensions.
- Origin
- Pairing of ‘plane’ (a flat surface) and ‘form’.
- Source
- The Game of Rat and Dragon
- noun
- A corporation with extreme economic and political power, usually having nation status.
- Origin
- Pairing of polús (great) and ‘corporate’.
- Source
- Voice of the Whirlwind
- noun
- A sentient oceanic life form covering the surface of the planet Solaris.
- Origin
- Polús (many), possibly in combination with thera (“of her”).
- Source
- Solaris
- noun
- A child.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘progeny’.
- Source
- Stand on Zanzibar
- noun
- A scientific field concerned with digitizing the personality of an individual.
- Source
- The Beast Has Died
- noun
- A branch of mathematics dealing with the reactions of human conglomerates to fixed social and economic stimuli.
- Source
- Foundation