Noun
(science fiction) A spaceship engine that allows faster-than-light travel by entering hyperspace.
The ship's hyperdrive had failed, leaving them stranded years from any repair base.
A state of accelerated action.
With enemies closing in fast, our hero's mind sprung into hyperdrive.
Among the mechanical parts Han mentions but are never expounded upon are the "alluvial dampers," which Han suggests Chewie check as they try to fix the hyperdrive. Source: Internet
In Niven's novel Ringworld's Children the Ringworld itself is converted into a gigantic Quantum II hyperdrive and launched into hyperspace while within its star's gravity well. Source: Internet
In the vast majority of Known Space material, hyperdrive requires that a ship be outside a star's gravity well to use. Source: Internet
Hyperdrive Faster-than-light (FTL) propulsion, or hyperdrive, was obtained from the Outsiders at the end of the First Man-Kzin War. Source: Internet
R2-D2 repairs the Falcon s hyperdrive, allowing them to escape the Empire. Source: Internet
Her high-school crush and quintessential dream man, Hunter sends Rory's pulse into hyperdrive. Source: Internet