subspace
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editsubspace (countable and uncountable, plural subspaces)
- (countable, mathematics) A subset of a space which is a space in its own right.
- (uncountable, science fiction) Any (often unspecified) method of communicating or travelling faster than light speed.
- (uncountable, science fiction) An alternative dimension or universe, access to or use of which permits faster-than-light travel or communications; hyperspace.
Derived terms
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editsubset
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method of communicating
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Etymology 2
editsub (“submissive”) + space (“state of mind”).
Noun
editsubspace (uncountable)
- (BDSM) The psychological state of the submissive or bottom during sadomasochistic activity.
- 2000, Gloria G Brame, Come hither: a commonsense guide to kinky sex:
- My problem, though, is that when he whips me, I resist going into subspace. He has to whip me for fifteen or twenty minutes before I even begin to feel any psychological effects.
- 2003, Chelsea Shepard, Two Moons: Worthy of a Master Book One:
- When he was far gone into subspace, pain was enough to make him come.