Subetherics

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Devices able to communicate using the subether ("a fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel"), considered collectively. plural, plural-only

    "That surprised Ariel. ""We don't even know how he died." / "Gruesomely, according to the subetherics. Crushed." He glanced sidelong at her. "Sound familiar?""

Example

More examples

"That surprised Ariel. ""We don't even know how he died." / "Gruesomely, according to the subetherics. Crushed." He glanced sidelong at her. "Sound familiar?""

Etymology

From subether + -ics.

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