warp speed


warp speed

n. Informal An extremely rapid speed or state of activity: "A young pronghorn antelope teased a yearling wolf, shifting into warp speed and leaving the wolf in the dust when it tried to pursue" (William K. Stevens).
[From warp speed, speed used for interstellar travel in the science fiction television series Star Trek, referring to the use of time or space warps.]

warp′ speed`


n. an extremely rapid rate of speed: rumors traveling at warp speed. [alluding to the use in science fiction of spatial or temporal warps to travel interstellar distances]

warp speed

- Alludes to the use in science fiction, especially the speed used for interstellar travel in the science fiction television series Star Trek.See also related terms for science fiction.