warp drive

English

Noun

warp drive (plural warp drives)

1. (physics, science fiction) A technological device that warps spacetime to enable movement through space in a non-Newtonian manner.
2. (science fiction) An engine that allows a vessel to travel faster-than-light by manipulating spacetime to bypass Einstein's restrictive light barrier.

Antonyms

non-Newtonian drive

• Newtonian drive
• reaction drive
• reaction engine

 

Hypernyms

non-Newtonian drive

• non-Newtonian drive
• reactionless drive
• space drive

 

Hyponyms

physics

• Alcubierre drive

 

Coordinate terms

physics

• gravitational wave
• RAMAcraft
• RAMADAR

 

FTL drive

• hyperdrive
• jump drive / jumpdrive
• stardrive
• starship
• tunnel drive

 

See also

• Alcubierre drive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (a proposed warp drive)