science fiction
noun
: fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component
Examples of science fiction in a Sentence
Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.
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None of VanderMeer’s novels is easy to categorize, but many fall within the tradition of weird fiction, a genre that combines elements of fantasy and science fiction while trafficking in the unknowability of the universe.
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Amy Brady, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
Artificial General Intelligence—machines that can learn and perform any cognitive task that a human can—has long been relegated to the realm of science fiction.
—Daniel Colson, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
This comedic science fiction has since become a cultural icon with a passionate fanbase.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
The movement would set the hour and minutes into two separate pod-like structures that were inspired by old school science fiction spaceships, and brought to life by designer Eric Giroud and Max Busser, and produced by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
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Amy Brady, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
Artificial General Intelligence—machines that can learn and perform any cognitive task that a human can—has long been relegated to the realm of science fiction.
—Daniel Colson, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
This comedic science fiction has since become a cultural icon with a passionate fanbase.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
The movement would set the hour and minutes into two separate pod-like structures that were inspired by old school science fiction spaceships, and brought to life by designer Eric Giroud and Max Busser, and produced by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Science fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/science%20fiction. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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