English words for 'Alternative form of sci-fi.'
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noun
- (science fiction) An alternative universe within a fictional work, separate from the universe normally depicted, where familiar characters and settings are present but in a systematically "reversed" manner, often by being evil or otherwise hostile.
- (physics, cosmology, rare) A hypothetical universe, a counterpart to this universe but with certain elementary particles reversed in a specific way.
noun
- Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction.
- (derogatory) Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science).
- an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
adj
noun
noun
- (originally science fiction) An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events differ from actual history, or differ from the established canon of a fictional world.
- A schedule of activities; a timetable.
- (social media) The feed of a social media service, especially when ordered chronologically.
- A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
- a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom)
verb
noun
- (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
- (Philippines) An ePortal. (a web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs.)
- A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
- (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
- A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
- (Philippines) The existence of an account on an ePortal.
- (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
- (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
- An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
- A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
- (US college sports) The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
- (computer graphics) A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
- (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
- (architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
- a short vein that carries blood into the liver
- a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
- a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
adj
verb
noun
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
- A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).
- A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
- (military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
- large and heavily armoured warship
noun
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
- (nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
- (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
- a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer
noun
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Vindula.
- (US, law enforcement) A police patrol vehicle.
- (nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
- (colloquial) One who cruises at bars and neighborhoods seeking sex.
- (cycling) A bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use, usually characterized by balloon tires, upright seating, a single-speed drivetrain and expressive styling.
- (nautical) Any of several yachts designed for cruising.
- One who attends cruises.
- (entomology) Any dragonfly of the family Macromiidae; a macromiid.
- (military, nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.
- (nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
- (nautical) A miniature aircraft carrier carrying VTOL aircraft.
- a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
- a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
noun
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role.
- (military, nautical) A larger warship with guided missile armament, usually intended for air defence or anti-ship roles. Often, but not always, larger than a frigate and smaller than a cruiser.
- (military, nautical, historical) A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
- That which destroys something.
- a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
- a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
noun
- (science fiction) A fictional science dealing with the theoretical problems and possibilities of attempts to extend and amplify one's mental potential, i.e. via technology, whether by humans, artificial intelligence or extraterrestrials.
- (ethnology) A branch of ethnology that emphasizes the relationship between people and the place in which they live or from which they come.
- (philosophy) The idea that any intellectual subject can be treated as an independent topos which can be described and understood in purely mathematical terms.
noun
- (science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence.
- (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
- (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
- A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
- (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
- A single aspect of a given thing.
- A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
- a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
- one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
- magnitude or extent
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (science fiction, fantasy) To shapeshift.
- (by extension) To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
- (colloquial, ambitransitive, computer graphics) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
- change shape as via computer animation
- cause to change shape in a computer animation
noun
- (grammar, linguistics) A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
- (slang) Morphine.
- A hermaphrodite, an intersex person.
- (zoology) A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.
- A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
- (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
adj
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
noun
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
noun
- a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
- (science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
- a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
- a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
- (music, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.
- (countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
- (countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.
noun
- (science fiction, often in the plural) A proposed future entertainment, akin to a film/movie, where the audience can physically feel what happens to the characters.
- (video games) An additional physical item packaged with a game (usually interactive fiction) to immerse the player in the game world and provide hints to solving the game.
verb
- (intransitive, science fiction) To travel into and through outer space.
- (transitive, science fiction) To kill (someone) by ejection into outer space, usually without a space suit.
- To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
- (transitive) To set some distance apart.
- To space out (become distracted, lose focus).
- place at intervals
noun
- The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- A physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
- A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.
- A gap; an empty place.
- A specific (specified) period of time.
- (music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
- Anything analogous to a physical space in which one can interact, such as an online chat room.
- (letterpress typography) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad).
- (countable, figuratively) A field, area, or sphere of activity or endeavour.
- The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
- The distance between objects.
- An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
- A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).
- (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
- (countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space).
- A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries; (architecture) such a space inside or outside a building, often with a specified use.
- a blank area
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- the interval between two times
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
noun
- (science fiction) An alternative universe within a fictional work, separate from the universe normally depicted, where familiar characters and settings are present but in a systematically "reversed" manner, often by being evil or otherwise hostile.
- (physics, cosmology, rare) A hypothetical universe, a counterpart to this universe but with certain elementary particles reversed in a specific way.
noun
- Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction.
- (derogatory) Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science).
- an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
noun
- (originally science fiction) An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events differ from actual history, or differ from the established canon of a fictional world.
- A schedule of activities; a timetable.
- (social media) The feed of a social media service, especially when ordered chronologically.
- A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
- a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom)
verb
noun
- (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
- (Philippines) An ePortal. (a web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs.)
- A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
- (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
- A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
- (Philippines) The existence of an account on an ePortal.
- (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
- (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
- An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
- A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
- (US college sports) The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
- (computer graphics) A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
- (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
- (architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
- a short vein that carries blood into the liver
- a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
- a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
adj
verb
noun
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
- A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).
- A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
- (military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
- large and heavily armoured warship
noun
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
- (nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
- (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
- a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer
noun
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Vindula.
- (US, law enforcement) A police patrol vehicle.
- (nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
- (colloquial) One who cruises at bars and neighborhoods seeking sex.
- (cycling) A bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use, usually characterized by balloon tires, upright seating, a single-speed drivetrain and expressive styling.
- (nautical) Any of several yachts designed for cruising.
- One who attends cruises.
- (entomology) Any dragonfly of the family Macromiidae; a macromiid.
- (military, nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.
- (nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
- (nautical) A miniature aircraft carrier carrying VTOL aircraft.
- a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
- a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
noun
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role.
- (military, nautical) A larger warship with guided missile armament, usually intended for air defence or anti-ship roles. Often, but not always, larger than a frigate and smaller than a cruiser.
- (military, nautical, historical) A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
- That which destroys something.
- a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
- a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
noun
- (science fiction) A fictional science dealing with the theoretical problems and possibilities of attempts to extend and amplify one's mental potential, i.e. via technology, whether by humans, artificial intelligence or extraterrestrials.
- (ethnology) A branch of ethnology that emphasizes the relationship between people and the place in which they live or from which they come.
- (philosophy) The idea that any intellectual subject can be treated as an independent topos which can be described and understood in purely mathematical terms.
noun
- (science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence.
- (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
- (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
- A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
- (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
- A single aspect of a given thing.
- A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
- a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
- one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
- magnitude or extent
verb
noun
- a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
- (science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
- a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
- a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
- (music, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.
- (countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
- (countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.
noun
- (science fiction, often in the plural) A proposed future entertainment, akin to a film/movie, where the audience can physically feel what happens to the characters.
- (video games) An additional physical item packaged with a game (usually interactive fiction) to immerse the player in the game world and provide hints to solving the game.
verb
- (science fiction, fantasy) To shapeshift.
- (by extension) To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
- (colloquial, ambitransitive, computer graphics) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
- change shape as via computer animation
- cause to change shape in a computer animation
noun
- (grammar, linguistics) A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
- (slang) Morphine.
- A hermaphrodite, an intersex person.
- (zoology) A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.
- A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
- (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
verb
- (intransitive, science fiction) To travel into and through outer space.
- (transitive, science fiction) To kill (someone) by ejection into outer space, usually without a space suit.
- To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
- (transitive) To set some distance apart.
- To space out (become distracted, lose focus).
- place at intervals
noun
- The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- A physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
- A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.
- A gap; an empty place.
- A specific (specified) period of time.
- (music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
- Anything analogous to a physical space in which one can interact, such as an online chat room.
- (letterpress typography) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad).
- (countable, figuratively) A field, area, or sphere of activity or endeavour.
- The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
- The distance between objects.
- An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
- A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).
- (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
- (countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space).
- A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries; (architecture) such a space inside or outside a building, often with a specified use.
- a blank area
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- the interval between two times
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
adj
noun
adj
noun
adj
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
noun
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to