zipway

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English

Etymology

From zip +‎ way.

Noun

zipway (plural zipways)

  1. (science fiction) A high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.
    • 2006, K. A. Bedford, Hydrogen Steel:
      I never cared for zipways as a way to get around megastructures like this. I always thought that there was a reason God invented taxis.
    • 2012, Connie Willis, Larry Correia, Mercedes Lackey, A Cosmic Christmas:
      He could only stay there, suspended halfway between the top of the wall and the zipway, and wish would all come out all right. He'd taken a gamble, and sometimes you lost gambles. He felt more than saw the flyers stop, and he dropped down the remaining meter and a half to the surface of the zipway.