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warp drive.

Noun
Sci-FiSetting
MEANING

An imagined propulsion system operating by warping spacetime, commonly depicted as enabling faster-than-light travel.

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an established science-fiction propulsion concept; spacetime manipulation in a story; hypothetical machinery explicitly distinguished from operational technology

Words that belong together

  • a warp drive concept
  • engage the warp drive

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The novel’s warp drive failed before the ship reached the boundary.
The essay compared a warp drive concept with the story’s technological assumptions.

Related words

spacetime-warping propulsionwarp propulsion
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warp drive

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Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular warp drive; plural warp drives. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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