Editing Hyperspace (section)

=== Terminology ===
The means of accessing hyperspace is often called a "hyperdrive",<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=18 June 2014|title=5 Faster-Than-Light Travel Methods and Their Plausibility|url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/5-faster-than-light-travel-methods-and-their-plausibility/|access-date=3 September 2021|website=The Escapist|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: hyperdrive|url=https://sfdictionary.com/view/58/hyperdrive|access-date=5 November 2021|website=sfdictionary.com}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite book |last=Prucher |first=Jeff |title=[[Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction]] |date=2007-05-07 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-988552-7 |language=en |chapter=hyperspace |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJCS0reqmFUC&pg=PA94}}</ref>{{Rp|94}} and navigating hyperspace is typically referred to as "jumping" (as in "the ship will now jump through hyperspace").<ref name=":6" /><ref name="visual" />{{Rp|75}}

A number of related terms (such as imaginary space, Jarnell intersplit, jumpspace, megaflow, N-Space, nulspace, slipstream, overspace, Q-space, subspace, and tau-space) have been used by various writers, although none have gained recognition to rival that of hyperspace.<ref name=":6" /><ref name="Stableford20063" />{{Rp|238–239}}<ref name="visual" />{{Rp|75}}<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Westfahl2005" />{{rp|404}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: jumpspace|url=https://sfdictionary.com/view/1018/jumpspace|access-date=2022-01-04|website=sfdictionary.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Johnson-Smith|first=Jan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VgNQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|title=American Science Fiction TV: Star Trek, Stargate and Beyond|date=2004-09-24|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-0-85771-035-2|language=en}}</ref>{{rp|156}} Some works use multiple synonyms; for example, in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, the term hyperspace itself is only used briefly in a single 1988 episode ("[[Coming of Age (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Coming of Age]]") of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'',<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Okuda|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6bqzQEACAAJ&q=Star+Trek+Encyclopedia|title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future|last2=Okuda|first2=Denise|last3=Mirek|first3=Debbie|date=1994|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=978-0-671-88684-4|language=en}}</ref>{{rp|353}} while a related set of terms – such as subspace, transwarp, and proto-warp – are employed much more often, and most of the travel takes place through the use of a [[warp drive]].<ref name="Stableford20063" />{{Rp|pages=238–239}}<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Orquiola|first=John|date=2021-11-23|title=Star Trek Introduces Picard & Discovery Warp Drive Plot Hole|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-protostar-warp-drive-starfleet-picard-discovery/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}</ref> Hyperspace travel has also been discussed in the context of [[wormhole]]s and [[teleportation]], which some writers consider to be similar whereas others view them as separate concepts.<ref name=":11" />{{Rp|85|page=}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cavendish|first=J. M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcsaAAAAMAAJ&q=hyperspace+teleportation|title=A Handbook of Copyright in British Publishing Practice|date=1984|publisher=Cassell|isbn=978-0-304-31067-8|language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=2}}<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Dakan|first1=Rick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F89cEAAAQBAJ&dq=hyperspace+teleportation&pg=PT163|title=Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies|last2=Cleave|first2=Ryan G. Van|date=2022-02-03|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-119-83910-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=James|first=Edward|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LahKXPsiyBYC&dq=hyperspace+teleportation+manticorian&pg=PA266|title=Voyages and Visions: Towards a Cultural History of Travel|first4=Joan Pau|date=1999|publisher=Reaktion Books|isbn=978-1-86189-020-7|editor-last=Elsner|editor-first=Jaś|language=en|chapter=Per ardua ad astra: Authorial Choice and the Narrative of Interstellar Travel|editor-last2=Rubiés|editor-first2=John}}</ref>{{Rp|265–266}}