hyperdriven.

/ˈhʌɪpədrʌɪv/

Forms: Also hyper-drive.

Etymology: < hyper- prefix + drive n.; perhaps suggested by hyperspace, overdrive.

Science Fiction.

A fictitious device by which a spaceship is enabled to travel from one point to another in a shorter time than light would take (usually by passing out of ordinary space into ‘hyperspace’ for the journey); also, the state of so travelling.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > fictional propulsion device

overdrive1945

hyperdrive1955

1955 B. Davenport Inquiry into Sci. Fiction 11 A ‘hyperdrive’..may be defined simply as something that does enable ships to travel faster than the speed of light, no matter what Einstein says.

1959 P. Anderson Virgin Planet (1966) iii. 20 The ship went into hyperdrive and outpaced light.

1960 K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 20 The author will fabricate a way of getting around Einstein..[by] a device known typically as the space~warp or the hyper-drive.

1965 D. Morgan in J. Carnell New Writings in S-F III. 144 The jolt as he came out of hyper-drive..had confirmed what he had suspected for some months.

1968 M. S. Livingston Particle Physics i. 7 No responsible scientist would attempt to justify support for research in this field with prediction of an ‘anti-matter engine’..or a ‘hyper-drive’ for spaceships.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	hyperdrive
释义	hyperdriven. /ˈhʌɪpədrʌɪv/ Forms: Also hyper-drive. Etymology: < hyper- prefix + drive n.; perhaps suggested by hyperspace, overdrive. Science Fiction. A fictitious device by which a spaceship is enabled to travel from one point to another in a shorter time than light would take (usually by passing out of ordinary space into ‘hyperspace’ for the journey); also, the state of so travelling. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > fictional propulsion device overdrive1945 hyperdrive1955 1955 B. Davenport Inquiry into Sci. Fiction 11 A ‘hyperdrive’..may be defined simply as something that does enable ships to travel faster than the speed of light, no matter what Einstein says. 1959 P. Anderson Virgin Planet (1966) iii. 20 The ship went into hyperdrive and outpaced light. 1960 K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 20 The author will fabricate a way of getting around Einstein..[by] a device known typically as the space~warp or the hyper-drive. 1965 D. Morgan in J. Carnell New Writings in S-F III. 144 The jolt as he came out of hyper-drive..had confirmed what he had suspected for some months. 1968 M. S. Livingston Particle Physics i. 7 No responsible scientist would attempt to justify support for research in this field with prediction of an ‘anti-matter engine’..or a ‘hyper-drive’ for spaceships. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1955
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