hyperspace

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  1. noun Space that has four or more dimensions.
  2. noun A fictional space in which laws of physics may be circumvented allowing faster-than-light travel or time travel.

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  • Ali had already laid in the course for the rendezvous with the starbridge; he told me that Morgan had assured him that, once we were through hyperspace, the hjadd would transmit a signal that would interface with the newly installed nav system and automatically dock the Pride with Talus qua'spah. —  Asimov'sSF,December2007
  • We learned a lot from the intellectuals and a lot more in hyperspace, but we could neither derive the fundamental equations nor apply what knowledge we already had until we finished this sixth-order outfit. —  Astounding Stories January, 1935
  • There's superscience, hypercosmology, and adventure galore, and the characters are sufficient to maintain the reader's interest In Kenyon's future, humanity travels the stars in Kardashev (hyperspace) tunnels maintained by the Minerva Corp. Unfortunately, ships are being lost, and as the novel opens, a space station is in trouble: Its artificial intelligence has apparently dived into its navel and stopped maintaining life support. —  AnalogSFF,September2007
  • Your vessel will be provided with the proper coordinates for a hyperspace jaunt that will take you to a system Kasimasta has recently entered, along with an automatic probe that you will deploy within its estimated trajectory. —  Asimov'sSF,January2008
  • The movie had its extraterrestrials beaming blueprints to Earth so humans could build a ship that could tunnel through hyperspace, taking Jodie Foster off to meet the aliens face to face. —  Analog SFF, November 2006
 

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/ˈhaɪpərspeɪs/
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