noun
- A fictional device allowing a spaceship to travel faster than the speed of light, especially by passing through hyperspace.
- Informal A state of heightened activity or concentration.
Origin of hyperdrive
hyper(space) drivehyperdrive
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Noun
(plural hyperdrives)
- (science fiction) A means of traveling faster than light.
- The spaceship's hyperdrive failed, leaving them stranded years from any repair base.
- (science fiction) a drive that moves a vehicle through hyperspace
- A state of accelerated action
- With enemies closing in fast, our hero's mind sprung into hyperdrive.
Origin
hyper- +"Ž drive
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