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Ansible meaning

A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.

Using Ansible

  • The main meaning on this page is: A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.
  • In the example corpus, ansible often appears in combinations such as: the ansible, an ansible, ansible would.

Context around Ansible

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

postman 1× working 1× fanzine 1× subether 1× word 1×

Often after:

etc 1× includes 1× technology 1× class 1× possible 1×

Sentence patterns with Ansible

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a working ansible would take 1× and the ansible are new 1× cycle the ansible already exists 1× guin s ansible was said 1× how an ansible would work 1× intertwined by ansible technology 1× made the ansible possible it 1× monthly fanzine ansible includes a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a signal sent 1× card s description 1× david langford s 1× in card s 1× in other tales 1× in the sixth 1×

Common sentence endings:

a plot device 1× ansible already exists 1× ansible class communicator 1× ansible would work 1× are new creations 1× by ansible technology 1×

Words around Ansible

Just before it in the word index:

ansi 83 anshuman 8 anshula 5 anshul 9 anshu 6 anshel 2

Just after it in the word index:

ansip 7 anslem 3 ansley 21 anslinger 3 anslow 2 ansmet 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aat 18 abhorrence 18 abms 18 absolutes 18 absorbance 18 abule 18

Corpus analysis for Ansible

  • In this selection, "ansible" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, postman, working, fanzine, etc, includes and technology stand out and add context to how "ansible" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a working ansible would take and and the ansible are new. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ansible" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ansible

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In other tales in the Hainish Cycle, the ansible already exists. (11 words)

Card's description of the ansible's functions in Xenocide involve a fictional subatomic particle, the philote. (17 words)

In Card's work Orson Scott Card 's Ender's Game series uses the ansible as a plot device. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

A signal sent through a wormhole (or "micro-wormhole", one possible method of creating a working ansible) would take a "short-cut" through space, allowing instantaneous communication from any place in the universe to another if they could be engineered. (40 words)

David Langford 's monthly fanzine Ansible includes a regular section "As Others See Us" which offers numerous examples of "sci-fi" being used in a pejorative sense by people outside the genre. (32 words)

James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide – pg 156-157 In the Doctor Who episode " Nightmare in Silver " a character references a broken Solid State Subether Ansible Class Communicator. (30 words)

Example sentences (14)

Just had a whimsical thought: Ursula K. LeGuin and Stephen Hawking are hanging out in the hereafter, gabbing about how an ansible would work.

Learn some subset of Python, Ruby, Postman, Ansible, etc. A good way to get started is to download scripts from GitHub, and repurpose them for your own use.

A signal sent through a wormhole (or "micro-wormhole", one possible method of creating a working ansible) would take a "short-cut" through space, allowing instantaneous communication from any place in the universe to another if they could be engineered.

Card's description of the ansible's functions in Xenocide involve a fictional subatomic particle, the philote.

David Langford 's monthly fanzine Ansible includes a regular section "As Others See Us" which offers numerous examples of "sci-fi" being used in a pejorative sense by people outside the genre.

In Card's work Orson Scott Card 's Ender's Game series uses the ansible as a plot device.

In other tales in the Hainish Cycle, the ansible already exists.

In the sixth, The Word for World Is Forest, the League of All Worlds and the ansible are new creations.

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It is also the first to describe the Hundred Worlds, the planets with human colonies that are tightly intertwined by Ansible technology.

James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide – pg 156-157 In the Doctor Who episode " Nightmare in Silver " a character references a broken Solid State Subether Ansible Class Communicator.

Le Guin's ansible was said to communicate "instantaneously", but other authors have adopted the name for devices capable only of finite-speed communication, although still faster than light.

Shevek's work made the ansible possible - it is mentioned in his tale that engineers decided they could build it once the correct theory was found.

The idea of an ansible is known but none yet exists: Shevek's new physics may be - in fact, eventually is - the key.

The word "ansible" was coined in Rocannon's World (first in order of publication but third in internal chronology), where it is central to the plot.

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Common combinations with ansible

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ansible" in a sentence?
An example: "Just had a whimsical thought: Ursula K. LeGuin and Stephen Hawking are hanging out in the hereafter, gabbing about how an ansible would work." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ansible" from authentic English texts.
What does "ansible" mean?
Ansible means: A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.
How many example sentences with "ansible" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "ansible", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.