- noun
- An artificial planet comprising a solid core surrounded by a concentric succession of spherical shells.
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- Matter
- noun
- A recording or broadcast of the sensorium.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘simulated stimulation’.
- Source
- Neuromancer
- noun
- The image from a three-dimensional projector.
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- Dune
- noun
- A perpetual power source of extraterrestrial inception.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘space’ and (power-) ‘cell’.
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- Roadside Picnic
- noun
- An augmented projection of the current locale.
- Origin
- Spime, an object that can be tracked in space and time.
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- The Quantum Thief
- noun informal
- The Dillon-Wagoner gravitron polarity generator, an anti-gravity device that also enables faster-than-light travel.
- Origin
- Named for the device’s effect on the magnetic moment of atoms within its field.
- Source
- Cities in Flight