spacegram

noun, verb — 2 senses

spacegram

noun

Etymology From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”).

1

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A short written message physically sent through space.

  • Several times during their work and breaks to eat, Versha had received spacegrams or messages through the comcaller.2006, Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie, Beast Master's Quest, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 65:

spacegram

verb

Etymology From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”).

1

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction To send by spacegram.

  • "We'll spacegram the specifications as soon as this call is finished," said Jerry. "How soon can we have a shipment?"1952 March, Kendell Foster Crossen, “Things of Distinction”, in Startling Stories, volume 25, number 2, page 115:

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