subetheric
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Etymology edit
From subether + -ic or sub- + etheric.
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subetheric (not comparable)
- (science fiction) Relating to or involving the subether ("a fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel").
- 2005, Roger Quest, Starbridge, page 23:
- The Central AI instantly noted unusual fluctuations in the Subetheric Domain.
- 2016, Dennis J. Parizek, Everyverse RPG Paranormality:
- True reality is subetheric and not perceptible through our etheric senses, though we get hints of synchronicities (apparent coincidences mediated by nonlocal communication). Subetheric reality is, of course, nonmaterial.
- 2018, Kenneth Bulmer, The Earth Gods Are Coming:
- Gerda looked down on the wrecked radio—wrecked by her own fair hands—awaiting its reassembly into a subetheric radio set.
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- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “subetheric, adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.