warp drive
English
Noun
warp drive (plural warp drives)
- (physics, science fiction) A technological device that warps spacetime to enable movement through space in a non-Newtonian manner.
- (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
Coordinate terms
FTL drive
- hyperdrive
- jump drive, jumpdrive
- stardrive
- starship
- tunnel drive
See also
- Alcubierre drive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (a proposed warp drive)