Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stardrive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: stardrive
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device used to propel a spacecraft through interstellar distances.

Example Sentences

"Stardrive section of a Galaxy-class starship. Memory Alpha, Secondary hull, 2005"
"Atlantis, utilizing its star drive, was able to travel from the Milky Way Galaxy to the Pegasus Galaxy, a distance of between 3.26 and 3.5 million light years. GateWorld, Stardrive"
"Scorpio is damaged in a collision course with a asteroid and the Scorpio crew require a star-drive from Federation scientist Dr. Plaxton so they can out-run all Federation pursuit ships IMDB, "Stardrive""
"Nebula moved back to her main console and looked to the stardrive unit's monitors immediately discovering the grim truth. iUniverse, "The Godmaker Legacy: The Derelict: A Novel", Kirkland D. Casey, 2003, pp.171, →ISBN"
"The StarDrive was discovered on the planet Centaurus NESFA Hymnal, "Reminder", B. Coulson, 1976, pp.12"
"no star drive yet devised could produce that kind of acceleration "Orbitsville Departure", B. Shaw, 1983, pp.190"

Etymology

From star + drive. From the ability of the drive to propel the vehicle to the stars.

Inflected Forms

stardrives (plural) star drive (alternative) star-drive (alternative)

Questions

What does stardrive mean?: A device used to propel a spacecraft through interstellar distances.
Where does stardrive come from?: From star + drive. From the ability of the drive to propel the vehicle to the stars.

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