novum (English, noun)
expansion: novum (countable and uncountable, plural novums or nova)
Senses:
glosses: A new feature, a novelty.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
literature
media
narratology
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
glosses: An innovation which is fictional, but, following the logic of cognitive estrangement (characteristic of science fiction), is afforded plausibility by the assumption that the fictional setting is scientifically consistent.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A game of dice, properly called novem quinque, the two principal throws being nine and five.
tags: obsolete
uncountable
Forms:
form: novums
tags: plural
form: nova
tags: plural