hyperspatial adj.
in or relating to hyperspace n.
In use in mathematics since at least 1859 (OED); this entry only shows examples corresponding to the SF use of hyperspace n.
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1934 Sidewise in Time in Astounding Stories June 31/1
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Murray Leinster
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We assume in some sense the existence of a hyper-space separating the closed spaces; hyper-spatial coördinates which mark their relative hyper-spatial positions.
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1940 Scientific Pioneer Returns in Amazing Stories Nov. 101/2
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Nelson S. Bond
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Him an’ a couple other guys named Einstein an’ Planck fiddled around with hyper-spatial mechanics an’ discovered some interestin’ things.
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1954 Foundation of S.F. Success in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Oct. 69
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Isaac Asimov
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With a drive that’s hyperspatial, through the parsecs you will race.
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1957 War Is Over in Astounding Science Fiction Feb. 135/2
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Algis Budrys
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Engines and hyperspatial generator functioning erratically, and ship definitely off course, though navigation at present impossible.
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1968 Vertigo in J. Carnell New Writings in SF 12 30
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James White
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In our own early days of spaceflight—before gravity control, hyperspatial travel and atomic motors made considerations of weight of little or no importance—vehicles had to be built as light as possible.
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1979 Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy iii. 30
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Douglas Adams
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The plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system.
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1991 Forward the Foundation in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Nov. 53
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Isaac Asimov
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I’ve even managed to make hyperspatial contact with some minor official.
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2010 Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time in Melancholy of Mechagirl (2013) 59
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Catherynne M. Valente
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In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was a high-density pre-baryogenesis singularity. Darkness lay over the deep and God moved upon the face of the hyperspatial matrix.
Research requirements
antedating 1934
Earliest cite
Murray Leinster, "Sidewise in Time", in Astounding
Research History
Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1978 reprint of Theodore Sturgeon's 1951 story "The Travelling Crag".
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