Subether
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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