- adjective
- Able to distort time.
- Origin
- Formed from khrónos (time) and the suffix -pathic (abnormality).
- Source
- The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal
- noun
- A device that allows instantaneous communication over any distance.
- Origin
- Contraction of ‘answerable’.
- Source
- Rocannon’s World
- noun
- A device purported to offer instantaneous viewing of any subject’s thoughts.
- Source
- Great Breakthroughs in Darkness
- noun
- A perpetual power source of extraterrestrial inception.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘space’ and (power-) ‘cell’.
- Source
- Roadside Picnic
- noun
- A device allowing the operator to compose music automatically.
- Origin
- Derived from metron (measure).
- Source
- We
- noun
- A device for sending and receiving wireless voice communications.
- Origin
- Formed from the prefix piezo- (relating to piezoelectricity) and phone (sound).
- Source
- Gateway