hyperspace

hy·per·space

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahy-per-speys]
- /ˈhaɪ pərˌspeɪs/
- /ˈhaɪ.pə.speɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahy-per-speys]
- /ˈhaɪ pərˌspeɪs/

Definitions of hyperspace word

noun hyperspace a Euclidean space of dimension greater than three. 1
noun hyperspace Space of more than three dimensions. 1
noun Technical meaning of hyperspace /hi:'per-spays/ A memory location that is *far* away from where the program counter should be pointing, often inaccessible because it is not even mapped in. (Compare jump off into never-never land.) This usage is from the SF notion of a spaceship jumping "into hyperspace", that is, taking a shortcut through higher-dimensional space - in other words, bypassing this universe. The variant "east hyperspace" is recorded among CMU and Bliss hackers. 1
noun hyperspace space having more than three dimensions: often used to describe a multi-dimensional environment 0
noun hyperspace (in science fiction) a theoretical dimension within which conventional space-time relationship does not apply 0
noun hyperspace space of four or more dimensions 0

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Origin of hyperspace

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70; hyper- + space

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Parts of speech for Hyperspace

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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hyperspace popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for hyperspace

noun hyperspace

cyberspace — In computer technology, cyberspace refers to data banks and networks, considered as a place.
world wide web — a system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents: a branch of the Internet (usually preceded by the). Abbreviation: WWW.
information superhighway — internet
www — World-Wide Web
arpanet — Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

All 6 Synonyms of hyperspace