Faster-than-light

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, the theoretical speed limit for travel within the universe. comparative-only

    "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."

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ftlsuperlumicsuperluminal

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"Faster-than-light, aka superluminal, space travel was not discovered until centuries later."

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