mindshot

English

Etymology

Compare earshot and eyeshot.

Noun

mindshot (uncountable)

1. The range within which one person can telepathically hear another's thoughts.
   • 2014, Dixie Lyle, To Die Fur: A Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Mystery‎^[1], page 35:

     That's the thing about telepathic conversations: You never quite know how far your “voice” will carry, or if someone else is within earshot—I mean mindshot—or if you're “speaking”— braintalking?—too loud or too quiet.

   • 2014, Jack McKinney, Robotech: Rubicon:

     “Well,” he said, when the armless Haydonite had hovered into mindshot, “what do you think?” He heard a bellike ^[sic] sound in his mind before Veidt's short telepathic statement took shape.

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