FTL
Entry updated 20 December 2011. Tagged: Theme.
Initialism, often employed in sf Terminology, for Faster Than Light – as for example in FTL Spaceship. Fritz Leiber's use of the term in "The Enchanted Forest" (October 1950 Astounding) may be the first printed appearance. [DRL]
see also: Sublight.
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