Meanings
- comparative onlynatural sciencesFaster than the speed of light in a vacuum, the theoretical speed limit for travel within the universe.
Faster-than-light drives use element zero cores to reduce the mass of a ship, allowing higher rates of acceleration. This effectively raises the speed of light within the mass effect field, allowing high speed travel with negligible relativistic time dilation effects.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: FTL Drive Codex entrySynonyms: FTL, superlumic, superluminal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFaster than the speed of light in a vacuum, the theoretical speed limit for travel within the universe.
Translations
Catalan superlumínic
- superlumínicfaster than light is
French supraluminique
- supraluminiquefaster than light is
German superluminar, überlichtschnell
- superluminarfaster than light is
- überlichtschnellfaster than light is
Icelandic ljósfrár, yfir ljóshraða
- ljósfrárfaster than light is
- yfir ljóshraðafaster than light is
Japanese 超光速
- 超光速 (chōkōsoku)faster than light is
Polish ponadświetlny, nadświetlny
- ponadświetlnyfaster than light is
- nadświetlnyfaster than light is
Romanian superluminic
- superluminicfaster than light is
Spanish superlumínico, hiperlumínico
- superlumínicofaster than light is
- hiperlumínicofaster than light is
Cite this entry
faster-than-light. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faster-than-light
“faster-than-light.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faster-than-light. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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