- noun
- A tower of superstressed concrete three kilometres high; home to 800,000 people.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘urban monad’.
- Source
- The World Inside
- noun
- An airborne swarm of self-organising inanimate matter.
- Origin
- Nekrós (the dead).
- Source
- The Invincible
- noun
- Interior stars of a Shellworld which roll across the upper surface of each layer.
- Source
- Matter
- noun
- As seen from the inner surface, the reflected light from the skyward face of a ringworld.
- Origin
- So named because the skyward face resembles an arch overhead.
- Source
- Ringworld
- noun
- A type of artificial habitat composed of multiple twisting tubes, complexly intertwined.
- Source
- Matter
- noun
- An artificial planet comprising a solid core surrounded by a concentric succession of spherical shells.
- Source
- Matter
- adverb
- In the direction of spin (of a rotating ringworld or orbital habitat.)
- Source
- Ringworld
- noun proper
- A city that encircles a planet.
- Source
- The Hydrogen Sonata
- noun
- A ring-shaped artificial habitat encircling a star.
- Source
- Ringworld