Meanings
- uncountableThe range within which one person can telepathically hear another's thoughts.
“Well,” he said, when the armless Haydonite had hovered into mindshot, “what do you think?” He heard a bellike ^([sic]) sound in his mind before Veidt's short telepathic statement took shape.
2014, Jack McKinney, Robotech: Rubicon1 more example
That's the thing about telepathic conversations: You never quite know how far your “voice” will carry, or if someone else is within earshot—I mean mindshot—or if you're “speaking”— braintalking?—too loud or too quiet.
2014, Dixie Lyle, To Die Fur: A Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Mystery, page 35
Origin
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mindshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mindshot
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