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    Re: Looking for a terminology clarification —Joel Larsson
   (...) Just thought I might clarify on the warp-drive part. I think that the purpose of the warp drive is to deform (warp) space-time in such a fashion that the craft is accelerated forwards. If the space-time is compressed in an area in front of the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
   
        Re: Looking for a terminology clarification —Rob Antonishen
   (...) And this is my question :) Is it a warp _drive_ or a warp _engine_? Peter's division would indicate that a drive needs an engine... I've always called them "warp drives" ( and ion drives etc.) but was trying to think of why they are not (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Looking for a terminology clarification —Dave Schuler
     (...) My limited understanding is that, in Star Trek at least, the warp *drive* creates the "warp bubble," that moves surrounds and moves along with the ship and within which the normal light-speed limitation does not hold. The warp *engines* propel (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Looking for a terminology clarification —Geoffrey Hyde
   (URL) an excellent description of the Star Trek warp drives - from what I can see in it it has components which fulfil the requirements of being an engine, and other components which fulfil the requirements of being a drive. :-) Google is quite a (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.space)
 

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