ansible

[ an-suh-buhl ]

noun
  1. (in science fiction) a device for instantaneous communication, or other purposes, across cosmic distances:With the ansible on the fritz, it would take eleven years for their message to reach the admiral, who was waging war in another galaxy.

Origin of ansible

1
Shortening of answerable; coined by Ursula K. Le Guin in her novel Rocannon's World (1966)

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