"spacedrive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spacedrives [plural]
Etymology: space + drive Etymology templates: {{compound|en|space|drive}} space + drive Head templates: {{en-noun}} spacedrive (plural spacedrives)
  1. (astronautics slang, science fiction) A non-Newtonian propulsion system (a drive that propels while violating the Newtonian law requiring an equal and opposite reaction to an action); a reactionless drive (a drive which does not use propellant). Tags: slang Categories (topical): Astronautics, Science fiction Synonyms: reactionless drive, non-Newtonian drive, space drive, space-drive Hypernyms: non-Newtonian drive, impossible drive (english: A drive violating physics, such as Newton's Laws) Hyponyms: FTL drive, hyperdrive, jump drive, warp drive Coordinate_terms: stardrive

Inflected forms

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