stardrive
nounEtymology From star + drive. From the ability of the drive to propel the vehicle to the stars.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A device used to propel a spacecraft through interstellar distances.
- Stardrive section of a Galaxy-class starship. Memory Alpha, Secondary hull, 2005
- Atlantis, utilizing its star drive, was able to travel from the Milky Way Galaxy to the Pegasus Galaxy, a distance of between 3.26 and 3.5 million light years. GateWorld, Stardrive
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- Scorpio is damaged in a collision course with a asteroid and the Scorpio crew require a star-drive from Federation scientist Dr. Plaxton so they can out-run all Federation pursuit ships IMDB, "Stardrive"
- Nebula moved back to her main console and looked to the stardrive unit's monitors immediately discovering the grim truth. iUniverse, "The Godmaker Legacy: The Derelict: A Novel", Kirkland D. Casey, 2003, pp.171, →ISBN
- The StarDrive was discovered on the planet Centaurus NESFA Hymnal, "Reminder", B. Coulson, 1976, pp.12
- no star drive yet devised could produce that kind of acceleration "Orbitsville Departure", B. Shaw, 1983, pp.190
- Hypernyms
- spacedrive
- Hyponyms
- warp drive, jump drive, hyperdrive, FTL drive