hyperlight
Faster than photons
Hyperlight describes speeds exceeding that of light, or technology capable of such travel.
The term appears almost exclusively in science fiction, where hyperlight drives or hyperlight travel allow spacecraft to cross interstellar distances: The ship engaged its hyperlight engines and vanished.
Sometimes used loosely for anything extremely fast.
Exceeding light's speed
- warpBend from true form
- FTLExceeding light speed
- lightspeedMaximum cosmic velocity
- luminalOf a cavity's interior
tachyon · photon · relativistic · interstellar · space-time · hyperdrive · propulsion · starship
Fictional superluminal propulsion
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- FTLExceeding light speed
- subspaceSubset forming smaller space
- hyperspaceFaster-than-light travel medium
slipstream · wormhole · cryosleep · exoplanet
Wavelengths shorter than violet
- UVInvisible solar radiation
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
brightness · intensity · illumination · photonics · laser · LED · fiber-optics · refraction
superluminal
Exceeding light's speed
- warpBend from true form
- FTLExceeding light speed
- lightspeedMaximum cosmic velocity
luminal · tachyon · photon · relativistic · interstellar · space-time · hyperdrive · propulsion · starship · cosmic
hyperdrive
Fictional superluminal propulsion
hyperspace · slipstream · wormhole · cryosleep · exoplanet
ultraviolet
Wavelengths shorter than violet
- UVInvisible solar radiation
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- spectrumContinuous range of values
luminosity · brightness · intensity · illumination · photonics · laser · LED · fiber-optics · refraction · luminescence
hyperlightsubluminal
Below the speed of light
sublight · STL · relativistic · realspace · impulse
hyper, light, lighter, lightest, lightly, lightness, lighten, lightened, lightening