ansible

[网络] 波；安塞波

发音

UK /ˈæn.sɪ.bəl/
UK /ˈɑːn.sɪ.bəl/

词形变化

ansibles 复数 ansibles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    媒体

    “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. […] ”

词源

Coined by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin in 1966 in her novella Rocannon's World; Le Guin states that she derived it from answerable. The word was further spread by its adoption into other science fiction worlds, including by Orson Scott Card in Ender's Game (1986), Vernor Vinge in The Blabber (1988) and Dan Simmons in Hyperion (1989).

来源：wiktionary