hyperdrive
Faster-than-light engine
Hyperdrive is a fictional faster-than-light propulsion system that allows spacecraft to travel across vast interstellar distances almost instantaneously.
Popularized by science fiction franchises like Star Wars, it typically works by propelling a ship into an alternate dimension or "hyperspace" where normal physics don't apply.
Outside of fiction, hyperdrive describes any state of extreme speed, intensity, or productivity: The whole team went into hyperdrive to meet the deadline.
Between celestial bodies
- lightspeedMaximum cosmic velocity
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
Millennium Falcon · Han Solo · warp · jump · Star Wars · space opera · aliens · androids
Engine providing forward force
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- engineMachine producing motion
- FTLExceeding light speed
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
ignition · plasma · accelerator · generator · antimatter · fusion · power core · nacelle
How observers differ
- EinsteinByword for genius
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
momentum · tachyon · wormhole · event horizon · continuum · quantum · redshift · blueshift
Between celestial bodies
- voyageJourney by sea
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- light-yearsUnits of astronomical distance
- navigationDetermining position and course
galaxy · coordinates · destination · exploration · expedition · odyssey · starship · pilot
Boost via compressed air
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- productivityOutput relative to input
- intensityStrength or force level
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
full-throttle · supercharge · energize · amplify · boost · surge · maximum
interstellar
Between celestial bodies
- lightspeedMaximum cosmic velocity
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
galaxy · Millennium Falcon · Han Solo · warp · jump · Star Wars · space opera · aliens · androids · cyborgs
thruster
Engine providing forward force
propulsion · ignition · plasma · accelerator · generator · antimatter · fusion · power core · nacelle · sublight
relativity
How observers differ
acceleration · momentum · tachyon · wormhole · event horizon · continuum · quantum · redshift · blueshift · doppler
interstellar
Between celestial bodies
- voyageJourney by sea
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- light-yearsUnits of astronomical distance
navigation · galaxy · coordinates · destination · exploration · expedition · odyssey · starship · pilot · cockpit
turbocharge
Boost via compressed air
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- productivityOutput relative to input
- intensityStrength or force level
momentum · full-throttle · supercharge · energize · amplify · boost · surge · maximum
- space travelspaceship, starship, spacecraft, astronaut, rocket
- hyper-hyperlink, hypertension, hyperventilate, hypersensitive, hyperfocus
- maximum effortall-out, full throttle, go all out, go hard, all in
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- Sci-Fi Termsfuturistic, alien, robotic, cybernetic, galactic
- sci-fi tropesalien invasion, time travel, teleportation, first contact, robot uprising
hyperdrivesublight
Slower than light
standstill · stasis · immobility · crawl · slow motion
hyperdrivehorse and buggy
Animal-drawn wheeled vehicle
oxcart · steam engine · walking · rowboat · oars
drive, driven, driver, driving, hyper, hyperbole, drivers, overdrive, hyperactive