rimworld

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noun

A planet located near the edge or rim of a galaxy.

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Meanings

nounrimworld (plural rimworlds)

plural rimworlds

  1. literatureA planet located near the edge or rim of a galaxy.

    The traffic chief shook his head. "You're making a mistake. You should stay up in the rimworlds where the Orchestra is loved. Downsystem you're nothing."

    1985, Kim Stanley Robinson, The Memory of Whiteness: A Scientific Romance, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 91

Origin

Compound of rim + world.

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APA

rimworld. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rimworld

MLA

“rimworld.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rimworld. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rimworld,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rimworld.

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