force fields
Energy-based protective barriers
Force fields exist primarily in science fiction, where they serve as invisible barriers of energy that block physical objects, weapons, or radiation.
The concept appears in countless films, TV shows, and video games as a technological or magical shield.
In physics, the term has a different, more technical meaning: a region where a force (like gravity or electromagnetism) acts on objects at a distance.
The sci-fi usage has spilled into everyday speech to describe any invisible protective barrier: She put up a force field whenever anyone tried to get close to her.
- bubbleAir-filled film sphere
- deflectorSomething that redirects
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- energy barrierMinimum needed to react
- invisible wallImperceptible solid boundary
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- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, time machine, mind uploading
- Alien Invasionflying saucers, death rays, tripods, ray guns, war machines
- classic sci-fiAsimov, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke, Ray Bradbury
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, flight
- video game hazardsspikes, lava, pits, enemies, traps
- graffititagging, throw-ups, throw-up, tag, pieces
force fieldsopen space
Unobstructed outdoor area
breach · gap · vulnerability · opening · void
force fieldsattack
Aggressive act against another
aggression · projectile weapons · missiles · destructive force · weaponry
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