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warp speed
warp speedn. 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. |