- noun informal
- A telepath.
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- Solar Lottery
- noun
- A one-way telepath, able to transmit thoughts to others but unable to read minds.
- Origin
- Derived from ‘telepath’.
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- The Stars My Destination
- noun
- A specialist in the analysis of alien technology.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘xeno-technologist’.
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- Gateway
- noun
- A device for sending and receiving wireless voice communications.
- Origin
- Formed from the prefix piezo- (relating to piezoelectricity) and phone (sound).
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- Gateway
- noun
- A device for composing songs entirely by mechanical means.
- Origin
- Pairing of ‘verse’ with the French suffix -ificateur (to realise an action).
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- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- noun
- A class of Imperial citizens trained for supreme accomplishments of logic; human computers.
- Origin
- Possibly abbreviated from ‘mental attainment’.
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- Dune
- noun
- A device for imprinting a message in the cry of a bird.
- Origin
- Abbreviated from ‘disguised transmission’.
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- Dune
- noun
- The image from a three-dimensional projector.
- Source
- Dune
- adjective
- Of a simulated scenario: becoming ripe with political intrigue.
- Origin
- Presumed to be coined after the Russian historical figure, Grigori Rasputin.
- Source
- The Hydrogen Sonata