Definitions for sci-fi
ˈsaɪˈfaɪsci-fi

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1. sci-fi

   Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction sometimes serves as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction has predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon.Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has become popular and influential over much of the world. It has been called the "literature of ideas", and often explores the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations. Besides providing entertainment, it can also criticize present-day society and explore alternatives. It is also often said to inspire a "sense of wonder".

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1. sci-fi

   Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology.

   The movie Star Wars is a Sci-Fi movie.

   
   

   Submitted by JP03 on May 10, 2015  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sci-fi in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sci-fi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sci-fi in a Sentence

1. David Warner -LRB- right -RRB-:

   I've done war pictures, I've done Westerns, I've done sci-fi... I mean, I wasn't in' Harry Potter,' and I wasn't in' Lord Of The Rings,' and I haven't been in' Game Of Thrones,' so there are those big ones that I haven't managed to do. But that's show biz... and, you know, I think I've still done okay.

2. Dan Madsen:

   It can be sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, you name it, anything that is celebrated here at San Diego Comic-Con can be turned into a Geek Couture outfit.

3. Doug Stephen:

   When we think of robots, we tend to think of all of the big advancements coming out of Southeast Asia, and I don’t think it’s because they’re better at robots than we are -- I think they like robots more than we do and so they’re not afraid of them, i think the one thing that’s held back American robotics research for a long time is that in the West, we have this sci-fi culture of pretty scary robots, and so we have all of these horror stories of robots gone mad, and they don’t have that culture in Southeast Asia.

4. Margaret Atwood:

   Remember the first one? Atwood said referring to Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Two guys fly a plane in the middle of something and blow that up? The only difference is, in‘Star Wars,’ they get away, right after 9/11, they hired a bunch of Hollywood screenwriters to tell them how the story might go next. Sci-fi writers are very good at this stuff, anticipating future events. They don’t all come true, but there are interesting ‘what if’ scenarios.

5. Rick Carter:

   You can have all of this fancy stuff and a sci-fi movie is whatever it wants to be. Everyone is trying to outgun each other. This isn't about that. This is about the force.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Fi