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ansiblenoun
A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.
Etymology: First used in 1966 in Rocannon's World and expanded on in 1974 in The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin; Le Guin states that she derived it from answerable.
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Ansible
An ansible is a category of fictional devices or technology capable of near-instantaneous or faster-than-light communication. It can send and receive messages to and from a corresponding device over any distance or obstacle whatsoever with no delay, even between star systems. As a name for such a device, the word "ansible" first appeared in a 1966 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. Since that time, the term has been broadly used in the works of numerous science fiction authors, across a variety of settings and continuities. A related term is ultrawave.
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Ansible
An ansible is a fictitious machine capable of instantaneous or superluminal communication. Typically it is depicted as a lunch-box sized object with some combination of microphone, speaker, keyboard and display. It can send and receive messages to and from a corresponding device over any distance whatsoever with no delay. Ansibles occur as plot devices in science fiction literature.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ansible in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ansible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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