subspace

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A subset of a space which is a space in its own right. countable
  2. The psychological state of the submissive or bottom during sadomasochistic activity. countable,uncountable
    — My problem, though, is that when he whips me, I resist going into subspace. He has to whip me for fifteen or twenty minutes before I even begin to feel any psychological effects.
  3. Any (often unspecified) method of communicating or travelling faster than light speed. uncountable
    — “If he reconfigures the subspace relays and uploads his own code into them, he'll have access to the computers on every planet, ship, and station.” “Alarming. He could vent oxygen, crash vessels, or even detonate warp cores.” “Everyone in the quadrant's gonna die, and it's all my fault.” “Parents are not directly responsible for the actions of their children.”
  4. An alternative dimension or universe, access to or use of which permits faster-than-light travel or communications; hyperspace. uncountable

词形变化

subspaces plural subspaces plural sub space alternative sub-space alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
cyclic subspace eigensubspace invariant subspace linear subspace subspace topology

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Latin spatiumbor.
Old French espace
Anglo-Norman spacebor.
Middle English space
English space
English subspace
From sub- + space.
词源 2
From sub (“submissive”) + space (“state of mind”).
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