noun
warp
A fictional mode of travel faster than light.
The fictional ship travels at warp speed.
Etymology
Science fiction uses warp's distortion sense for imagined travel through altered space. Warp drive supplies the longer expression behind the shortened travel term.
More examples
- The captain ordered warp in the television episode.
- The damaged engine could no longer sustain warp.
- Their escape depended on reaching warp before pursuit began.
Forms
warp
Similar words
- faster-than-light travel
- The fictional capability described by the term.