gravitics
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
gravitics (uncountable) (science fiction)
- The fictional science of studying and controlling gravity.
- 2014 October, Don Sakers, Children of the Eighth Day, Linthicum, M.D.: Speed-of-C Productions, →ISBN, page 186:
- I scan the Imperial Journal of Physics and the Borshallan Physics Review every day. Nobody's doing comparable work. They're all concerned with gravitics and field dynamics.
- Devices able to control gravity or gravitational waves, considered collectively.
- 1982, Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge, London, […]: Grafton Books, →ISBN, page 213:
- I'll adjust the computer to our assigned radio beam and it can use the gravitics to mimic conventional flight.
References[edit]
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “gravitics, n. 1”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “gravitics, n. 2”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.