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Scifi notes
science Fiction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| android | A human like robot |
| alien | A non human being from somewhere other than Earth |
| close encounter | contact between a human and a ufo or occupant of a ufo |
| cosmos | The universe |
| cyber | Relating to computers,information,technology,and virtual reality. |
| dystopia | A utopia(perfect society) where condition have become intolerable and chaotic |
| extrapolation | Taking a modern day concept and giving it futuristic attributes, an qualities |
| extraterrestrial | Anything that is not on or from earth |
| galaxy | A very large cluster of stars and other matter such as the Milky Way |
| genetic | relating to dna or heredity |
| hyperspace | A fictional kind of space in which extraordinary events such as traveling faster that the speed of light can occur |
| interstellar | among the stars |
| robot | A machine that is capable of performing human like tasks |
| scientific method | A systematic procedure used in science to test idea and theories |
| sentient | A sentient is one/something with the ability to feel sensation and possesses the power to perceive,reason, and think |
| speed of light | 186,000 miles per second- a speed impossible to exceed |
| terraforming | making another planet habitable for human life |
| time paradox | an impossible situation created by traveling back through time(going back in time to kill your enemy so he does not harm ur brother) |
| time travel | making backwards or forwards through the time |
| utopia | a fictional “perfect ideal” society |