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stardrive en · NOUN

Etymology

From star + drive. From the ability of the drive to propel the vehicle to the stars.

Meanings

1. A device used to propel a spacecraft through interstellar distances.
   • He was also beginning to lose faith that the recently recovered and bizarrely incoherent Ehrehin was really capable of delivering a working singularity- powered stardrive prototype any time in the foreseeable future. Simon and Schuster, "The Star Trek: Enterprise: The Good That Men Do", Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, 2007, pp.434, →ISBN
   • The StarDrive was discovered on the planet Centaurus NESFA Hymnal, "Reminder", B. Coulson, 1976, pp.12
   • Man's horizons exploded to the rims of the universe with the perfection of the star drive Astounding SF, "Blood's Rover", C. Oliver, 1952
   • Every race they met on their way through the Core had a 'star drive based on a different theory. "Light", M.J. Harrison, 2002, pp.135
   • The voice of the Organic Computer began counting down the seconds until the star drive was cut Amazing Stories, "We All Died At Breakaway Stations", B.C. Meredith, 1969
   • 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"
   • 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
   • They'll know the principles of the star drive in a few more generations Astounding SF, "Genius", P. Anderson, 1948
   • Stardrive section of a Galaxy-class starship. Memory Alpha, Secondary hull, 2005
   • 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
   • When they engaged the Star Drive to escape, the hunter mine had closed to ninety metres, inside the Star Drive's field of influence. Trafford Publishing, "Origin: The Heritage Files - Phase One", Roger Hydes, 2008, →ISBN
   • no star drive yet devised could produce that kind of acceleration "Orbitsville Departure", B. Shaw, 1983, pp.190
   • Whatever kind of creatures they were, and whatever the disaster that threatened their planet, they had a star-drive to take them out of the solar system to another star. Prologue Books, "Scavengers in Space", Alan E. Nourse, 2013, →ISBN
   • We will have to wait until they move off. I should be able to calculate their direction and get a rough idea of the distance from the power signature when they activate their Stardrive Aliens, "Guardian Generations", Clive Osborne Rapley, 2010, pp.67, →ISBN
   • What could be gleaned from study of the landing craft was as far from the stardrive as their first steam engine had been from that spaceship itself; there was no chance of premature contact with other races. "The Far Side of Evil", Sylvia Louise Engdahl, 1989, pp.158
   • —or century: humans can endure star-drive! Arc Manor, "The Colors of Space", Marion Zimmer Bradley, 2008, pp.97, →ISBN

Forms

Hypernyms

spacedrive

Hyponyms

jump drive · FTL drive · hyperdrive · warp drive