"warp bubble" meaning in All languages combined

See warp bubble on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: warp bubbles [plural]
Etymology: Coined in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre. Head templates: {{en-noun}} warp bubble (plural warp bubbles)
  1. (astrophysics, science fiction) A detached region of spacetime which is theoretically capable of moving faster than the speed of light. Wikipedia link: Miguel Alcubierre

Inflected forms

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