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unobtainium

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/09/10 23:56 UTC 版)

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /(ˌ)ʌn.ɒbˈteɪ.nɪ.əm/, /-əb-/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌʌn.əbˈteɪ.ni.əm/
• 韻: -eɪniəm
• ハイフネーション: un‧ob‧tain‧i‧um

名詞

unobtainium (countable and uncountable, plural unobtainiums) (humorous)

1. A fictional material or component which, if it existed, would enable one to easily solve a hard problem.
   Synonym: handwavium
   Coordinate term: adamantium
   • 1962, Charles N. Kelber, “Research Reactors”, in Earl W. Phelan, editor, Current Trends in Nuclear Power: A Symposium Sponsored by the University of Arizona in Cooperation with Argonne National Laboratory: Tucson, Arizona, February 26 – March 12, 1962, Argonne, Ill.: Argonne National Laboratory, →OCLC, page 17, column 2:
   • [**1978** September, Lynn C. Rogers, Ahid D. Nashif, “Computerized Processing and Empirical Processing of Viscoelastic Material Property Data and Preliminary Constrained Layer Damping Treatment Design”, in The Shock and Vibration Bulletin (Bulletin; 48, part 2 (Isolation and Damping, Impact, Blast)), Washington, D.C.: The Shock and Vibration Information Center, Naval Research Laboratory, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:
   • 2002 February, Kevin Cameron, “Supercharged: It’s Good to B-King”, in Cycle World, volume 41, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 2:
2. An especially rare material or component that is outrageously expensive or otherwise almost impossible to get hold of.
   • 2012, Ellen Grabiner, “Did You See That?”, in Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan III, editors, I See You: The Shifting Paradigms of James Cameron’s Avatar (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy; 34), Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 22:
   • 2013 November 5, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, “Intervention”, in Double Down: Game Change 2012, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN; republished as Double Down: The Dramatic Inside Account of the 2012 Presidential Election, London: W. H. Allen, 2014, →ISBN, page 429:
   • 2017 March, Joe Quirk, with Patri Friedman, “Fuel: The Ocean is a Solar Panel”, in Seasteading: How Floating Nations will Restore the Environment, Enrich the Poor, Cure the Sick, and Liberate Humanity from Politicians, New York, N.Y.: Free Press, →ISBN, part II (Environment), page 159:
3. A high technology component that is extremely expensive.
   • 2015 August 10, Alan Cohen, “Preliminary Planning: Can This be a Success?”, in Mike Loukides, Meghan Blanchette, editors, Prototype to Product: A Practical Guide for Getting to Market, Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 110:

参照

1. ^ “unobtainium, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2014; “unobtainium, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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