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| Space Men Beings who travel and work in space. (From The Exiles of Venus [1931] by Jim Vanny) |
| Electronic Locator A device that determines the location of a person. (From World of Null-A [1945] by A.E. van Vogt) |
| Games Machine A vast computer system. (From World of Null-A [1945] by A.E. van Vogt) |
| Fieldstim A device that used stimulation of a large skin area to impart images to the user. (From Freezone [1985] by John Shirley) |
| Visor A snap-down video screen for your eyes only. (From Freezone [1985] by John Shirley) |
| Panic Alarm Alarm senses intruders and instills mindless panic. (From Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [1968] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Force-Screen A variation on the force shield idea. (From The Dweller in Outer Darkness [1939] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
| Holo Abbreviation of "hologram". (From Ringworld [1970] by Larry Niven) |
| Space Warp The very fabric of space-time. (From Redmask of the Outlands [1934] by Nat Schachner) |
| Air-Car A personal flying car (From A Matter of Size [1934] by Harry Bates) |
| Faster-Than-Light Describes something that exceeds the usual speed limit on physical objects of 186,282 miles per second in vacuum. (From Islands of Space [1931] by John W. Campbell) |
| Glassite A transparent material of great strength. (From Brigands of the Moon [1930] by Ray Cummings) |
| Meteorite Deflector A means of pushing aside asteroids that get in the path of your space ship. (From On Board the Martian Liner [1931] by Miles J. Breuer) |
| Sub-Etheric Below the level at which ordinary light is propagated. (From Legion of Time [1938] by Jack Williamson) |
| Service Drones Small flying construction and repair robots. (From The Two Faces of Tomorrow [1979] by James P. Hogan) |
| Suit-Phone A means of wireless communication between individuals dressed in space suits. (From The Sargasso of Space [1931] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Space Tanned A tan acquired by being exposed to sunlight while outside the atmosphere. (From Methuselah's Children [1941] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Wreck-Pack An agglomeration of wrecked spacecraft drawn together by mutual gravitational attraction in the 'dead area' of the solar system. (From The Sargasso of Space [1931] by Edmond Hamilton) |
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