starfleet
See also: star fleet
English
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Noun
starfleet (plural starfleets)
- (science fiction) A fleet of starships.
- 1996, L[eland] E[xton] Modesitt Jr., Adiamante, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 63:
- I couldn't sense net-based operations behind the doors, but if the records were correct, Ell Control had once been the central operations focus for the starfleets of the Rebuilt Hegemony, and had hummed with activity.
- (science fiction) A space navy
References
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “starfleet, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
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