hyperspace - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
hyperspace (countable and uncountable, plural hyperspaces)
- (mathematics) An n-dimensional Euclidian space with n > 3.
- (mathematics) A Euclidian space of unspecified dimension.
- (science fiction) A notional space orthogonal to the usual dimensions of space-time often used for faster-than-light travel.
We can only get to the Nimrodian Galaxy if we go through hyperspace.
1956, Cyril Hume, Forbidden Planet, spoken by Commander Adams (Leslie Nielsen):
I'm in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6 who have been locked up in hyperspace for 378 days.
mathematics
- Catalan: hiperespai m
- French: hyperespace (fr) m
- German: euklidischer Raum m
- Greek: Ευκλείδειος χώρος m (Efkleídeios chóros)
- Irish: (please verify) hipearspás m
- Italian: iperspazio m
- Portuguese: hiperespaço (pt) m
- Romanian: hiperspațiu n
- Spanish: hiperespacio (es) m
notional space in science fiction
- Catalan: hiperespai m
- Chinese:
- Czech: hyperprostor m
- Esperanto: hiperkosmo m
- Finnish: hyperavaruus
- French: hyperespace (fr) m
- German: Hyperraum m
- Greek: υπερδιάστημα (el) n (yperdiástima)
- Irish: hipearspás m
- Italian: iperspazio m
- Japanese: 超空間 (ちょうくうかん, chōkūkan)
- Korean: 초공간 (chogonggan)
- Portuguese: hiperespaço (pt) m
- Romanian: hiperspațiu n
- Russian: гиперпростра́нство (ru) n (giperprostránstvo)
- Spanish: hiperespacio (es) m
- Swedish: hyperrymd c
- Ukrainian: гіперпро́стір m (hiperpróstir)
- Welsh: goruwchofod m
hyperspace (third-person singular simple present hyperspaces, present participle hyperspacing, simple past and past participle hyperspaced)
- (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To travel or transport into hyperspace.
2010, Drew Wagar, Status Quo (Oolite Saga), Drew Wagar, →ISBN:
If she hyperspaced out to Tionisla or Lave the Courier would simply follow through her witchspace wormhole.