tricorder
Fictional handheld analyzer
A tricorder is a handheld scanning device from *Star Trek*, capable of analyzing everything from life forms to geological samples to medical conditions.
The word blends "tri-" (for its three original functions) with "recorder." In real-world use, tricorder often describes any portable device that can sense or measure multiple things: Smartphones are basically tricorders now.
Device that reads data
- phaserFictional beam weapon
- communicatorOne who conveys messages
- transporterOne who conveys cargo
- EnterpriseNamed vessel or brand
Spock · McCoy · Starfleet · away team · bridge · sickbay · warp drive · Federation
scanner
Device that reads data
- phaserFictional beam weapon
- communicatorOne who conveys messages
- transporterOne who conveys cargo
Enterprise · Spock · McCoy · Starfleet · away team · bridge · sickbay · warp drive · Federation · Vulcan
handheld
Designed for palm use
- sensorInput-detecting device
- readoutDisplayed recorded data
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
detect · analysis · biometric · medical · portable · monitor · calibration · precision · probe · data
survey
Systematic data collection
artifact · sample · geology · fauna · flora · mapping · biome · expedition · discovery · frontier
- Sci-Fi/Fantasywand, spell, potion, rune, incantation
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- Star TrekSpock, Kirk, Enterprise, USS Enterprise, Captain Kirk
- sci-fi communicationcommunicator, comlink, universal translator, viewscreen, subspace
- Sci-Fi Devicessonic screwdriver, mind probe, Pensieve, mnemonic device
- Sci-Fi IconsTARDIS, DeLorean, Enterprise, Millennium Falcon, Death Star
tricorderdowsing rod
Forked stick for locating groundwater
divining rod · guesswork · naked eye · magnifying glass · sundial
tricorderabacus
Bead-and-wire arithmetic tool
sundial · hand axe · flint knife · simple machine · lever
record, triple, trio, recording, triangle, records, recorded, recorder, tricycle