A transition from one point in the universe to another that does not pass through the intervening points, often through another continuum or medium such as hyperspace; the transition from normal space into hyperspace. Often cap.
- 1945 I. Asimov Dead Hand Astounding S-F (Apr.) № 57/2: In grasshopper jumps of increasing magnitude, the trade ship was spanning the Galaxy in its return to the Foundation.
- 1951 I. Asimov Foundation № 12: He had steeled himself just a little for the Jump through hyper-space, a phenomenon one did not experience in simple interplanetary trips. The Jump remained, and would probably remain forever, the only practical method of travelling between the stars.
- 1963 H. B. Piper Space Viking (1975) № 37: I could have made it a little closer. Need three microjumps, now, and I'll have to cut the last one pretty fine.
- 1979 D. Adams Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy № 49: You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's unpleasantly like being drunk.
- 1991 M. Weiss King's Test № 101: I am making the Jump in exactly one minute.
- 1999 A. Thompson Through Alien Eyes (2000) № 35: I'm looking forward to the jump [...]. It will be good to be moving toward Earth instead of away from Tiangi.
