transparisteel
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of transparent + steel. Apparently coined by Brian Daley in 1979.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpɛɹɪˌstil/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpæɹɪˌstiːl/
Noun[edit]
transparisteel (uncountable)
- (uncountable, science fiction) a fictional hard transparent metal used instead of glass in windows
- 1979, Brian Daley, Han Solo at Stars’ End:
- His gaze went to Hirken, who stood gloating behind invulnerable transparisteel.
- 2007, Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, Star Trek: Enterprise: The Good That Men Do:
- Ignoring the familiar discomfort, he padded barefoot across the thick white carpet toward the heavy curtains that lined the richly appointed bedroom’s wide transparisteel window.
- 2009, K. L. James, Cassiopeia 91787:
- The cockpit was located underneath the body, a down slanted oval of transparisteel.