Definitions
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- noun BDSM The
psychological state of thesubmissive or "bottom " duringsadomasochistic activity. - noun mathematics A
subset of aspace which is a space in its own right. - noun science fiction Any (often unspecified) method of
communicating faster thanlight .
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- noun a space that is contained within another space
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Examples
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In fact, one might call subspace another dimension—which leads us to an interesting question.
PLANET X 1998
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The main things to remember is the subspace is usually the bad guy, and the bad guys lines that he speaks is usually verbose or articulate when compared to the main character who people identify with the movie.
unknown title 2009
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A new feature, block computation (also known as subspace computation), has been implemented in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services and one of the main benefits it brings is improved MDX query performance.
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A new feature, block computation (also known as subspace computation), has been implemented in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services and one of the main benefits it brings is improved MDX query performance.
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It is indeed true, by definition, that under an irreducible representation of the space-time symmetry group, there can be no non-trivial subspace which is invariant under the action of the symmetry group.
Archive 2009-02-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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Considering how old the universe is I think it would be a safe bet to say that there may be many cultures older than our own on the order of millions to billions of years older that have moved on quite a bit from forms of communication that utilize the electromagnetic spectrum; Star Trek's "subspace" communication, for example.
VOTD: Neill Blomkamp’s TED Talk: Life On Other Planets and the Future of Human Civilization | /Film 2010
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If VG is still seriously considering to spin of some 'subspace' tourism business to Spaceport Sweden in Kiruna, us europeans better get something similar off the ground, so to speak, to support the markets fairly.
NASA to Invest $75 Million for Suborbital Science Flights | Universe Today 2010
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Some kind of subspace turbulence is preventing us from creating a stable warp field.
Becoming Human: The Seven of Nine™ Saga Various Authors 1998
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In fact, one might call subspace another dimension-which leads us to an interesting question. "
Addicts Tree Riesener 2010
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“Acknowledged,” the computer answered, after which there was a delay as the request was channeled through the communications system and the message transmitted via subspace to Earth.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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