TARDIS

== English == === Etymology === Coined in 1963 for the British science-fiction programme Doctor Who; said to stand for "Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space". === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːdɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹdɪs/ === Proper noun === TARDIS (plural TARDISes) The time machine and spacecraft used by the Doctor in the British sci-fi television series Doctor Who, which is larger on the inside than its exterior (that of a British police box) suggests, or any of the conceptually similar time machines used by other members of the Doctor's race, the Time Lords. ==== Derived terms ==== Tardis TARDIS blue Tardis-like === Noun === TARDIS (plural TARDISes) Alternative form of Tardis (something which resembles the bigger-on-the-inside time machine from the series Doctor Who). 2008, in Astronomy Now, volume 22, issues 7–12, page 36: This unassuming Georgian terrace house, located within five minutes walk of the busy commercial and tourist heart of Bath in Somerset, is like a veritable TARDIS of astronomical history and discovery, with more to see on the inside than its [exterior suggests]. === Anagrams === Astrid, iTards, triads