superluminal
Beyond light's velocity
Superluminal means faster than the speed of light.
The term appears in physics discussions about theoretical particles (tachyons) or apparent motion that seems to exceed light speed: superluminal travel, superluminal velocities.
In science fiction, superluminal propulsion enables interstellar voyages that would otherwise take millennia.
Faster-than-light theoretical particle
- faster-than-lightExceeding light's velocity
- causalityCause-effect connection
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- special relativityTheory uniting space, time
time dilation · simultaneity · relativistic · Einstein · reference frame · massless · momentum
Hypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- hyperspaceFaster-than-light travel medium
- FTLExceeding light speed
- warp bubbleHypothetical faster-than-light travel mechanism
negative energy · exotic matter · jump drive · subspace · interstellar travel · spacecraft · propulsion · traversable
Spacefaring TV franchise
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
- ludicrous speedVelocity beyond all sensibility
- Star WarsIconic space fantasy franchise
- lightspeedMaximum cosmic velocity
jump · slip · subspace · Millennium Falcon · Enterprise · science fiction · warp factor · impulse
State of being intertwined
- nonlocalityCorrelations without spatial contact
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- quantum informationData encoded in qubits
instantaneous · collapse · hidden variables · decoherence · superposition · qubits · spin · polarization
tachyon
Faster-than-light theoretical particle
- faster-than-lightExceeding light's velocity
- causalityCause-effect connection
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
special relativity · time dilation · simultaneity · relativistic · Einstein · reference frame · massless · momentum
warp drive
Hypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- hyperspaceFaster-than-light travel medium
- FTLExceeding light speed
warp bubble · negative energy · exotic matter · jump drive · subspace · interstellar travel · spacecraft · propulsion · traversable · shortcut
Star Trek
Spacefaring TV franchise
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
- ludicrous speedVelocity beyond all sensibility
- Star WarsIconic space fantasy franchise
lightspeed · jump · slip · subspace · Millennium Falcon · Enterprise · science fiction · warp factor · impulse
entanglement
State of being intertwined
- nonlocalityCorrelations without spatial contact
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- measurementDetermining size or amount
quantum information · instantaneous · collapse · hidden variables · decoherence · superposition · qubits · spin · polarization
- relativityrelativity, spacetime, general relativity, relativity theory, time dilation
superluminalsubluminal
Below the speed of light
sublight · STL · luminal · relativistic · FTL
superluminalsubluminal
Below the speed of light
conventional · Einsteinian · ordinary · mundane · real
illuminate, luminous, illumination, luminary, superlative, luminescent, luminescence, lumen