spime
/spaɪm/
spime noun: an object that could be remotely tracked through space and time.
Noun
spime (plural spimes)
- An object that could be remotely tracked through space and time.
- Critically, from an environmental point of view, product disposal can be controlled because of the spime's history. Armed with the complete log of its birth and life, the spime can be destroyed, dismantled and recycled efficiently.2008, Ian J. Taylor, Andrew Harrison, From P2P and Grids to Services on the Web: Evolving Distributed Communities, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 346
Forms of spime
| plural | spimes |
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Origin of spime
Coined by Bruce Sterling in 2004, as a blend of space + time.
Words that rhyme with spime
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Questions about spime
- What does spime mean?
- Spime means an object that could be remotely tracked through space and time.
- What part of speech is spime?
- Spime is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spime?
- Spime is pronounced /spaɪm/.
- What is the plural of spime?
- The plural of spime is spimes.
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