Selenoclasm
- noun
- The sundering of a moon.
- Origin
- Derived from selḗnē (moon) and klásma (a fragment).
- Source
- Fiasco
Sensawunda
- noun informal
- A street drug that stimulates rapid cognition, having novotrophin-B and MDMA as ingredients.
- Origin
- Phonetic transcription of “sense-a-wonder”.
- Source
- Accelerando
Sensifrons
- noun
- A variety of shrub native to Belzagor, able to detect nearby motion and withdraw its leaves as a defence against predators.
- Source
- Downward To The Earth
Sentionaut
- noun
- A humanoid servant kept in storage at the Arboria Institute.
- Origin
- Derived from sentiō (sentient) and nautēs (traveller).
- Source
- Beyond the Black Rainbow
Sexoid
- noun
- An android designed to serve as a sexual device.
- Source
- Innocence
Shellworld
- noun
- An artificial planet comprising a solid core surrounded by a concentric succession of spherical shells.
- Source
- Matter
Simex
- noun
- An implanted artificial memory, indistinguishable from lived memories.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘simulated experience’.
- Source
- Ghost in The Shell
Simstim
- noun
- A recording or broadcast of the sensorium.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘simulated stimulation’.
- Source
- Neuromancer
Skinjob
- noun informal
- A Replicant.
- Source
- Blade Runner
Smeghead
- noun informal
- An idiot.
- Origin
- Pairing of smeg (contraction of ‘smegma’) and ‘head’.
- Source
- Red Dwarf
Solido
- noun
- The image from a three-dimensional projector.
- Source
- Dune
Soligram
- noun
- A hologram with the physical properties of solid matter.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘solid hologram’.
- Source
- Use of Weapons