ansible

American  

[an-suh-buhl] / ˈæn sə bəl /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of ansible

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

Example Sentences

After the Ansible Foundation Training course, you'll be able to manage a cloud region, create playbooks, and then some.

From Salon

Image: Tor.com The Fortress at the End of Time by Joe M. McDermott Joe M. McDermott’s short novel is built around a technology called the ansible, which can send a copy of a human being across the universe.

From The Verge

He goes to a corner of their habitat and turns on the ansible.

From Nature

He fires up the ansible, too, checking it again.

From Nature

The novel — a work of military hard science fiction — is set in a future when humanity has spread across space using ansible and clone technology.

From Washington Post