cloaking device en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
1968. Coined by D. C. Fontana in the script for the Star Trek episode The Enterprise Incident.
Meanings
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A device which renders a person or thing invisible.
They can't have disappeared. No ship that small has a cloaking device.
1980, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, The Empire Strikes Back, spoken by Captain Needa (Michael Culver):I believe the Romulans have developed a cloaking device which renders our tracking sensors useless.
1968, Dorothy Catherine Fontana, The Enterprise Incident (Star Trek), season 3, episode 2, spoken by Spock (Leonard Nimoy):I put out my hand and touched the warm surface of the camouflaged Rolls-Royce. I was going to ask Mycroft if I could have the cloaking device fitted to my Speedster but I was too late; enthused by my interest he had trotted off to a large roll-top bureau and was beckoning me over excitedly.
2001, Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloaking devices | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (6)
es dispositivo camuflajeante activo (Translations) · es dispositivo invisibilizante (Translations) · es dispositivo camuflador activo (Translations) · es dispositivo camuflajeador activo (Translations) · es dispositivo invisibilizador (Translations) · es dispositivo camuflante activo (Translations)