rimworld
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]rimworld (plural rimworlds)
- (science fiction) A planet located near the edge or rim of a galaxy.
- 1985, Kim Stanley Robinson, The Memory of Whiteness: A Scientific Romance, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 91:
- The traffic chief shook his head. "You're making a mistake. You should stay up in the rimworlds where the Orchestra is loved. Downsystem you're nothing."
References
[edit]- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “rimworld, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.