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Sci-Fi grammer
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alien | A non-human being from somewhere other than Earth. |
| Android | A human-like Robot |
| 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 conditions becomes intolerable |
| Extrapolation | Taking a modern day concept and giving it future attributes, qualities |
| Extraterritorial | 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 than the speed of light can occur |
| Interstellar | Among the stars |
| Robot | A machine that is capable of performing human life tasks |
| Scientific method | A systematic procedure used in science to test ideas and theories |
| Sentient | A sentient is one/something with the ability to feel sensation and possess the power to perceive, reason, and think |
| Speed of light | 186 miles per second - a speed impossible to exceed |
| Terra-forming | making another planet habitable for human stuff |
| Time paradox | An impossible situation created traveling back through time (going back in time to kill your enemy so they can’t harm your brother) |
| Time travel | Moving backwards or forwards through time |
| Utopia | A fictional “perfect/ideal society” |