Dictionary of Armor Terms in Science Fiction
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Name

Author (Publication Date)

Armored Clothing - modern armor
Ordinary apparel that contained both armor and muscle amplification devices.

Frank Herbert (1977)
Bullet-guard Overalls
Very tough fabric.

David Brin (2002)
Bruce Sterling (1999)
Flexible Armor Suit - now you're Superman
A pressure suit that, while flexible, becomes rigid like armor upon impact.

Larry Niven (1966)
Impact Suit - shear-thickening armor
A body suit that is flexible, but upon a hard impact becomes rigid and impenetrable.

David Gerrold (w/L, Niven) (1971)
Monomol Mesh Armor - chain (molecule) mail
Material to protect selected areas that must bend (elbows, knees, and so forth).

Greg Bear (1990)
Nemourlon
Material for special body armor.

Jerry Pournelle (1976)
Powered Armor (or Powered Suit) - military exoskeleton
An armored suit that magnifies the power of the soldier's muscles, along with other weapons.

Robert Heinlein (1959)
Refurbished Nervous System - rewired for speed
Your nerves are rewired for 5-10 times the speed of a normal person.

Alfred Bester (1956)
Edmond Hamilton (1932)
Sintered Armorgel
A substance that is flexible when moved slowly, but which hardens upon external impact.

Neal Stephenson (1992)
'Sites - nanobots are your friends
Small parasites that cause muscles to twitch in sequence for strength.

Neal Stephenson (1995)
Space Armor
Armored space suits for use in vacuum.

James Blish (1957)

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