Subject: FTL
Travelling faster than the speed of light.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ansible n. (1966) | an instantaneous communication device, not limited by the speed of light; cf. earlier ultraphone n. |
| faster-than-light adj. (1940) | that is travelling or can travel faster than light |
| faster than light adv. (1928) | at a speed faster than that of light |
| ftl adj. (1950) | = faster-than-light adj. |
| ftl adv. (1950) | = faster than light adv. |
| gate n. (1931) | a matter transmission device, esp. a portal or device by means of which something may be (instantaneously) transported to another point in space or time, or into another dimension or alternate universe; cf. slightly earlier gateway n. |
| gateway n. (1928) | a portal allowing travel or communication between dimensions, alternate universes, etc.; = gate n. |
| hyperdrive n. (1946) | a spaceship drive that enables travel faster than the speed of light; (also) the state of such travel; cf. hyperspace n. |
| hyperspace n. (1928) | a dimension or other theoretical region that coexists with our own but typically has different physical laws, esp. such a region that allows travel through it such that the total journey occurs at faster-than-light speeds; cf. hyperdrive n. |
| hyperspatial adj. (1934) | in or relating to hyperspace n. |
| hyperspeed n. (1951) | a speed faster than the speed of light |
| jump n. (1932) | a journey through hyperspace n.; any (nearly) instantaneous travel over a large distance; cf. jump v. |
| jump v. (1952) | to journey through hyperspace n.; to engage in any (nearly) instantaneous travel over a long distance; cf. jump n. |
| jump drive n. (1959) | a spacecraft drive that enables a ship to journey through hyperspace or to engage in any instantaneous (long-distance) travel; cf. jump n., jump v. |
| jump engine n. (1981) | = jump drive n. |
| jump gate n. (1993) | a device that opens up a portal into hyperspace n., or otherwise enables (nearly) instantaneous travel; the gateway thus opened up; cf. gate n. |
| jump pilot n. (1983) | one who pilots a spaceship through a jump n. |
| jump point n. (1964) | a location where interstellar jumps are possible |
| jumpship n. (1957) | a spaceship that makes interstellar jumps |
| jumpspace n. (1961) | hyperspace n.; the (notional) space in which ships travel during a jump |
| light n. 1 (1934) | = lightspeed, used as a unit of measure; cf. light-speed n. 2 |
| lightspeed n. 1 (1856) | the speed of light |
| overdrive n. (1945) | = hyperdrive n. |
| portal n. (1931) | a means of entering another dimension or an alternate universe, or of travelling instantaneously from one place or time to another, often portrayed as a door or other structure that may be passed through; cf. gate n. |
| space tunnel n. (1975) | = wormhole n. |
| space warp n. (1935) | a distortion of space-time that enables space travellers to make journeys at faster-than-light speeds |
| spindizzy n. (1950) | in James Blishโs City in Flight series: a faster-than-light antigravity drive powered by a field that alters the magnetic rotation of atoms |
| star drive n. (1948) | a propulsion device for a spaceship capable of interstellar travel, esp. one that permits the ship to travel faster than light; cf. earlier space drive n. |
| stargate n. (1958) | a portal or device that transports something to another point in the universe (usually another such location or device) in a manner that bypasses the intervening space; cf. gate n., jump gate n. |
| sub-ether n. (1930) | a medium through which faster-than-light signals (or (rarely) objects) travel |
| subetheric adj. (1938) | of, relating to, or involving a sub-ether n. (esp. with allusion to a means of faster-than-light communication) |
| subetherics n. (1948) | a device which uses sub-ether (esp. with allusion to a means of faster-than-light communication) |
| subspace n. (1937) | a physical space subject to different physical laws from our own, typically allowing motion or communication at speeds greater than the speed of light |
| superluminal adj. (1959) | having or being a speed greater than that of light; (also) designating an engine, etc., that can produce such a speed |
| superluminal adv. (1990) | at a superluminal speed |
| superluminally adv. (1975) | at a superluminal speed; faster than light |
| teleport n. 1 (1878) | a device for conveying people or things instantaneously from one place to another, esp. a machine which breaks matter down into its constituent particles or converts it into energy, information, etc., and transmits it in this form to another location where it is reconstituted; teleporter n. 2 |
| teleport v. 1 (1931) | transitive to cause to move or travel by teleportation; esp. to convey or transport instantaneously from one place to another by means of an advanced technological device |
| teleport v. 2 (1944) | intransitive to transport oneself instantaneously from one place to another; to travel by teleportation; (also) to be transported in this way, esp. by means of an advanced technological device |
| teleportage n. (1936) | = teleportation n. |
| teleportation n. (1931) | instantaneous transportation from one place to another, esp. by means of a machine which breaks matter down into its constituent particles or converts it to energy, information, etc., and transmits it in this form to another location where it is reconstituted |
| tesser v. (1962) | in Madeleine LโEngleโs A Wrinkle in Time: to travel through space by means of a tesseract n. |
| tesseract n. (1962) | in Madeleine LโEngleโs A Wrinkle in Time: a means of travelling through space by manipulating the dimensions of spacetime |
| ultradrive n. (1949) | a type of faster-than-light star drive |
| ultraphone n. (1928) | a communications device that transmits messages faster than the speed of light |
| ultrawave n. (1934) | a communication system that transmits messages faster than the speed of light; (also) a wave phenomenon used by such devices |
| warp n. (1936) | = space warp n.; travel by means of a space warp, travel at warp speed; (also) = time warp n. |
| warp v. (1932) | (intransitive) to travel through space by means of a space warp n.; (transitive) to cause to move through space, to another dimension, etc., by means of a warp |
| warp drive n. (1948) | a device by which a spaceship is enabled to travel through space by means of a space warp; a faster-than-light drive |
| warp speed n. (1952) | a faster-than-light speed, attained by a spaceship with a propulsion mechanism capable of manipulating space-time; (also, in extended use) an extraordinarily high speed |