Subether

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel. countable, uncountable

    "Her instrument panel was dead, not a single light across the con- sole on. Evidently the bdellium dish wasn't working. Either that, or the subether was still. Though the subether was never still, filled with voices from unimaginable distances."

Example

More examples

"Her instrument panel was dead, not a single light across the con- sole on. Evidently the bdellium dish wasn't working. Either that, or the subether was still. Though the subether was never still, filled with voices from unimaginable distances."

Etymology

From sub- + ether.

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