- verb
- Technically correct term for what is usually called terraforming; altering any already existing environment to suit it to the needs of one or more species.
- Origin
- Pairing of ‘habitat’ and form (to create).
- Source
- Matter
- noun
- Video viewed by direct interface with the visual cortex of the brain.
- Source
- Voice of the Whirlwind
- noun
- One’s fellow resident in a shared household.
- Source
- Coming of Age in Karhide
- noun
- A form of government comprising a ruling class and a supreme leader.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘hegemony’ and ‘monarchy’.
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- Use of Weapons
- verb
- To perceive the thoughts of others telepathically.
- Origin
- Corruption of ‘hear’.
- Source
- Norstrilia
- noun
- Acronym of “high intelligence life form”.
- Source
- Planet of Exile
- noun informal
- An ethnologist of high intelligence life forms.
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- Rocannon’s World
- noun
- A simulated reality installation.
- Origin
- Derived from ‘holographic’.
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- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- noun
- A personalised newspaper containing only news items in which the reader has expressed an interest.
- Origin
- Abbrevation of ‘homeostatic newspaper’.
- Source
- Ubik
- noun
- A propulsion system for hyperspace travel.
- Source
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- noun
- A spacial dimension through which faster-than-light travel is possible.
- Source
- The Voyage of the Space Beagle
- noun
- A crewperson aboard a vessel that breaches the meniscus of everyday space.
- Origin
- Derived from immersum (under the surface) and nautēs (sailor).
- Source
- Embassytown