Ansible

Quick meaning: Ansible is a noun meaning (science fiction) A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.

Meaning

(science fiction) A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.

Example Sentences

“[…] The master ansible is there, in contact with all our invasion fleet; the ships are all working, ready to fight. […]”

Ky had allotted two hours here, time to strip the news from the ansible, share it, even discuss it, but she didn’t plan to have everyone clustered and vulnerable.

“You remember the ansible, the machine I showed you in the ship, which can speak instantly to other worlds, with no loss of years– […] ” “An ansible would theoretically be powered by subatomic particles that have undergone quantum entanglement, which utilizes Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance', allowing the alteration of one particle to instantaneously alter the state of its paired particle. […] ”

Word Forms

• ansibles

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subether, communicator, teletransporter, telecommunicator, beamer, transporter.

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