subether

English

Alternative forms

sub-ether

Etymology

From sub- +‎ ether.

Noun

subether (countable and uncountable, plural subethers)

(science fiction) A fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel.
- 1996, Michael Kandel, Panda Ray, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 134:
  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.

Derived terms

References

Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “sub-ether, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

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