hyperspatial adj.
in or relating to hyperspace n.
In use in mathematics since at least the 1850s; this entry only shows examples corresponding to the SF use of hyperspace n.
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1934
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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.
Sidewise in Time in Astounding Science Fiction June 31/1 -
1940
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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.
Scientific Pioneer Returns in Amazing Stories Nov. 101/2 -
1954
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Isaac Asimov
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With a drive that’s hyperspatial, through the parsecs you will race.
Foundation of S.F. Success in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Oct. 69 -
1957
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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.
War Is Over in Astounding Science Fiction Feb. 135/2 -
1968
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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.
Vertigo in J. Carnell New Writings in SF 12 30 -
1991
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Isaac Asimov
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I’ve even managed to make hyperspatial contact with some minor official.
Forward the Foundation in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Nov. 53 -
2010
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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.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time in Melancholy of Mechagirl (2013) 59
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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