- noun plural
- Rogue nanomachines.
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- The Fractal Prince
- noun
- A unit of time.
- Origin
- Possibly an abbreviation of ‘corrected’ (for time dilation) and ‘second’.
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- The Island
- noun
- A portable device worn over the eye by citizens, connecting them to the city’s pervasive information network.
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- A Memory Called Empire
- noun
- A mutable, foldable, transparent plastic which can display images and text.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘information’ and fiche (a card).
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- A Memory Called Empire
- 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
- A word, which when spoken inveigles its way into the mind of the speaker and manifests itself in his flesh.
- Origin
- Named for the parasitic manifestation caused by the word.
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- Entry Taken from a Medical Encyclopedia