stargate

plural stargates · alternative star-gate · alternative star gate

1. neologismliteratureA hypothetical device consisting of a traversable portal (typically a wormhole) that can send one to another location light years away nearly instantaneously.

   Find examples of stargates and wormholes in the ancient world […]

   2000, David Hatcher Childress, Technology of the Gods

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   A "stargate" will appear at the top of the screen, at this point, and you must guide your lander back through the asteroid belt in order to reach it. When your lander touches the stargate the survivor will be safe.

   1983, Pat W. Norris, Lander (instructions in video game)

   Perhaps the first clear depiction of a stargate is to be found in Robert Heinlein's classic novel Tunnel in the Sky […]

   2001, William R Alschuler, Howard Zimmerman, The Science of UFOs

   A stargate takes you to that star or constellation. […] The opening of a stargate requires the participation of the Archangel Michael […]

   2002, Richard Leviton, The Galaxy on Earth: A Traveler's Guide to the Planet's Visionary Geography

   At some point it might be possible to devise a "stargate" such as depicted in the movies 2001: A Space Odyssey and Stargate […]

   2003, Albert A Harrison, After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life

   With a stargate, travel is instantaneous. It is quite possible that the secret government either has a stargate or is trying to get one.

   2004, Stephanie Relfe, The Mars Force Book 2

1. A settlement on the south edge of Ryton, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1663).