elnyelt
Elnyelt is a fictional term used in speculative fiction to describe a process by which matter or energy is absorbed, swallowed, or enveloped by an external force, field, or phenomenon. An elnyelt event typically results in the rapid diminishment of the target’s observable presence, sometimes leaving only distortions in the surrounding environment.
The term is a constructed neologism within its settings, with no basis in real-world science. In various
Depictions of elnyelt differ widely. In some narratives it is a reversible interaction that erases only surface
Because elnyelt operates at the boundary between science fiction and fantasy, it frequently serves as a world-building
Related concepts include absorption, engulfment, disappearance, and phenomena such as black-hole analogues.