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Re: Looking for a terminology clarification
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:50:32 GMT
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On 11/2/05, Joel Larsson wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Peter Blencowe wrote:
> > Ok, I certainly don't claim to be any expert but.......
> > Engines are any device used to convert what a drive generates into usable
> > thrust. (See the definition of "Drives")
> >
> > Drives are a very different beast from any of the above. They do not
> > generate
> > thrust on there own they merely generate a necessary component for a crafts
> > engines (e.g. plasma, electricity, hot air, etc.). The craft's engines then
> > convert what ever the drive generates into thrust. It can be thought of like
> > the pistons in a cars engine. The combustion in the piston generates kinetic
> > energy which the car's engine transforms (up/down to rotation) and transfers
> > to the axel.
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> Just thought I might clarify on the warp-drive part.
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> 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 craft, and stretched out in the area
> behind the craft, the section of space-time where the craft is will move from
> one place to another. This allows the craft to travel at superluminal velocity
> (from an observer's (who is located on, say, a planet) point of view. But
> thats
> relativity and that's really weird stuff.)
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 correctly called "warp
engines"...
-Rob A>
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| (...) 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)
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| (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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| (...) 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)
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