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jumpship

jumpship noun: a spaceship able to instantaneously move large distances through space by traveling through hyperspace or jumpspace.

Noun

jumpship (plural jumpships)

  1. A spaceship able to instantaneously move large distances through space by traveling through hyperspace or jumpspace.
    • Ben stared at the hologram. "The megacorps don't have quite the monopoly on fast transit that they think they have," he said. "But it would certainly help if we had a few more jumpships. That would solve a lot of transit problems."2015, Jacey Bedford, Crossways, New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 59

Forms of jumpship

pluraljumpships

Origin of jumpship

Compound of jump + ship.

Questions about jumpship

What does jumpship mean?
Jumpship means a spaceship able to instantaneously move large distances through space by traveling through hyperspace or jumpspace.
What part of speech is jumpship?
Jumpship is a noun.
What is the plural of jumpship?
The plural of jumpship is jumpships.

Words near jumpship in the dictionary

  1. jumpseat
  2. jumpseating
  3. jumpseats
  4. jumpseed
  5. jumpseeds
  6. jumpship
  7. jumpships
  8. jumpshot
  9. jumpshots
  10. jumpsies
  11. JumpSole

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