subetherics
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subetherics pl (plural only)
- (science fiction) Devices able to communicate using the subether ("a fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel"), considered collectively.
- 2002, Mark W. Tiedemann, Aurora, New York, N.Y>, →ISBN, page 32:
- That surprised Ariel. ""We don't even know how he died." / "Gruesomely, according to the subetherics. Crushed." He glanced sidelong at her. "Sound familiar?"
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- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “subetherics, adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.