spacedrive

English

Alternative forms

• space drive
• space-drive

Etymology

space +‎ drive

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).

Synonyms

• reactionless drive
• non-Newtonian drive

Antonyms

• reaction drive / reaction engine
• Newtonian drive

Hypernyms

• non-Newtonian drive
• impossible drive (A drive violating physics, such as Newton's Laws)

Hyponyms

• FTL drive
• hyperdrive
• jump drive
• warp drive

Coordinate terms

• stardrive

See also

• EmDrive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (a proposed spacedrive)
• Cannae drive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (a proposed non-Newtonian drive)
• quantum vacuum thruster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (a proposed propellant-less drive)