spacedrive
English
Alternative forms
- space drive
- space-drive
Etymology
Noun
spacedrive (plural spacedrives)
- (astronautics slang, science fiction) A non-Newtonian propulsion system (a drive that propels while violating the Newtonian law requiring an equal and opposite reaction to an action); a reactionless drive (a drive which does not use propellant).
Synonyms
Antonyms
- reaction drive / reaction engine
- Newtonian drive
Hypernyms
- non-Newtonian drive
- impossible drive (A drive violating physics, such as Newton's Laws)
Hyponyms
- FTL drive
- hyperdrive
- jump drive
- warp drive
Coordinate terms
See also
- EmDrive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (a proposed spacedrive)
- Cannae drive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (a proposed non-Newtonian drive)
- quantum vacuum thruster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (a proposed propellant-less drive)