sci
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- noun
- /saɪ/
- Informal
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ciencia
- The crystalline formation rises in outline, higher and higher: a pure sci-fi dream of a city.
And that's where I think classical sci-fi falls down.
- And that's where I think classical sci-fi falls down.
- You know, they were borderline like sci-fi adventure comedies.
- This is one of the best sci-fi I have read.
- I read a lot of sci-fi this month.
- So I am definitely an absolute sci-fi nut.
- Neil has made a better sci-fi movie than Andy Weir.
- I think it's a sci-fi what AI think series.
- You know this happens in sci-fi stories, right?
- Like some were much more into, you know, sci-fi, hard sci-fi, right?
- Well, Will and I, we had this idea for the sci-fi series.
Examples
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We took some footage from an old sci-fi movie and created this little clip.
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I need to return these, and I have a couple of poli sci books on reserve.
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Molly, you took poli sci in college, right?
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"Winter Rules" is an odd sci-fi story that manages to combine virtual reality, golf, blackjack, and nuclear war.
Fiction book (1994) -
Before I met Bill, my reading list consisted of thrillers, sci-fi books, and an occasional cozy.
Academic text (2009) -
The poem, "The Missing Link," ends with a short sci-fi fable in heroic couplets.
Fiction book (1993) -
I hug my stuffed bag and push past a flat-footed woman holding a sci-fi paperback close to her face.
Fiction book (1992) -
You're talking about the new markets in sci-fi novels, the alternate-history ones you've started doing?
Fiction book (1997) -
A family trip to the movies to see the latest sci-fi blockbuster was inevitably marred by Carl's squirming.
Academic text (2000) -
Many students enjoyed reading works by famous sci-fi authors.
Synonyms
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A branch of study about a part of the natural world, like biology
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sci is a casual short form of science, from a root meaning 'to know', so sci simply points to study, knowledge, or scientific subjects.