"spacegram" meaning in English

See spacegram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spacegram.wav Forms: spacegrams [plural]
Etymology: From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|space|-gram|t2=something written, drawn or otherwise recorded}} space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spacegram (plural spacegrams)
  1. (science fiction) A short written message physically sent through space. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Communication, Space
    Sense id: en-spacegram-en-noun-zhKkrIkq Disambiguation of Communication: 74 26 Disambiguation of Space: 54 46 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spacegram.wav Forms: spacegrams [present, singular, third-person], spacegramming [participle, present], spacegrammed [participle, past], spacegrammed [past]
Etymology: From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|space|-gram|t2=something written, drawn or otherwise recorded}} space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} spacegram (third-person singular simple present spacegrams, present participle spacegramming, simple past and past participle spacegrammed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, science fiction) To send by spacegram. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Science fiction, Space
    Sense id: en-spacegram-en-verb-2ViI2lhS Disambiguation of Space: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gram, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gram: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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