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shipmind

shipmind noun: an intelligent entity (either an artificial intelligence or alien) used to control a spaceship.

Noun

shipmind (plural shipminds)

  1. An intelligent entity (either an artificial intelligence or alien) used to control a spaceship.
    • The crossing didn’t set off any alarms or anything. I wouldn’t even have noticed it, but my shipmind, Hypatia, is programmed to notice things that I don’t, if she thinks they might interest me.2004, Frederik Pohl, The Boy Who Would Live Forever, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 101

Forms of shipmind

pluralshipminds

Origin of shipmind

Compound of ship + mind.

Questions about shipmind

What does shipmind mean?
Shipmind means an intelligent entity (either an artificial intelligence or alien) used to control a spaceship.
What part of speech is shipmind?
Shipmind is a noun.
What is the plural of shipmind?
The plural of shipmind is shipminds.

Words near shipmind in the dictionary

  1. shipmate
  2. shipmates
  3. shipmen
  4. shipment
  5. shipments
  6. shipmind
  7. shipminds
  8. shipmistress
  9. shipmistresses
  10. shipoo
  11. shipot

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