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| Zero 'g' (Zero Gee) In a ship in orbit, in free fall. (From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Leady A radiation-resistant robot. (From The Defenders [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Zero-Gravity A state in which gravity is effectively absent or cancelled out. (From If Science Reached the Earth's Core [1938] by John R. Binder) |
| Robot Strike When robots refuse to work. (From Robots of the World! Arise! [1952] by Mari Wolf) |
| Flesh Men Thinking beings that are not mechanical robots - human beings. (From Robots of the World! Arise! [1952] by Mari Wolf) |
| Lead-Bodied Android A robot designed for use in the nuclear industry. (From Robots of the World! Arise! [1952] by Mari Wolf) |
| Droid (First Use) Contraction of "android". (From Robots of the World! Arise! [1952] by Mari Wolf) |
| Starship A vehicle for space travel. (From War in Space [1926] by Raymond Quiex) |
| Artificial Island For Ocean Rocket Launch An entirely artificial, floating island used as a launch platform. (From Between Earth and Moon [1930] by Otfrid von Hanstein) |
| Neural Lace An interface between the brain and computer facilities. (From Surface Detail [2010] by Iain M Banks) |
| Drop-Capsule Minimal spaceship. (From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Space Socks Protective garments for the lower extremities. (From Lost Rocket [1941] by Manly Wade Wellman) |
| Chin Window An aperture that allows an astronaut to see his own feet (greater field of view). (From Have Space Suit - Will Travel [1958] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Remote-Control Slavery Mental control (possibly mediated by radio waves) of individuals of other species. (From The Man in the Maze [1969] by Robert Silverberg) |
| Prime Directive The first and most important rule; usually protective. (From With Folded Hands [1947] by Jack Williamson) |
| Durachrome Very hard alloy for tanks. (From Honor of the Regiment [2002] by Keith Laumer) |
| OSMO (Osmic Mobile Observers) UAV with the ability to "smell" their human quarry. (From Quantico [2007] by Greg Bear) |
| Superscraper Buildings that are hundreds of stories tall. (From New York 2140 [2017] by Kim Stanley Robinson) |
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