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| science fiction |
fiction in which scientific findings, capabilities, or speculations provide an essential basis for the imagined events. |
| science-fiction |
of or pertaining to fiction in which scientific findings, capabilities, or speculations provide an essential basis for the imagined events. |
| sci-fi |
(informal) science fiction. |
| SDI |
abbreviation of "Strategic Defense Initiative," a proposed U.S. defense system in which enemy missiles would be detected and destroyed in flight by weaponry contained in earth satellites, also known as "Star Wars" in reference to similar technology found in the science fiction saga of that name. |
| sf |
abbreviation of "science fiction." |
| short story |
a brief piece of fiction, usu. having a single theme, limited scope, and few characters. |
| spaceman |
a male visitor to earth from outer space, as in science fiction. [1/2 definitions] |
| spacewoman |
a female visitor to earth from outer space, as in science fiction. [1/2 definitions] |
| Star Wars |
a popular science fiction saga based on a series of commercially-successful motion pictures, the first of which was released in 1977. [1/2 definitions] |
| story1 |
a work of fiction that is shorter and less complex than a novel; short story. [1/7 definitions] |
| Strategic Defense Initiative |
a proposed U.S. defense system in which enemy missiles would be detected and destroyed in flight by weaponry contained in earth satellites, also known as Star Wars in reference to similar technology found in the science fiction saga of that name. |
| subplot |
a minor or secondary plot in a work of fiction. |
| time warp |
a discontinuity in time, or shift to a past or future period, often used as a device in science fiction. |
| Venusian |
a hypothetical or supposed inhabitant of the planet Venus, as in science fiction. [1/2 definitions] |
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