世せ代だい宇う宙ちゅう船せん

noun

generation ship; interstellar ark

Science fiction term for a starship designed for multi-generational interstellar travel, where the original crew's descendants complete the journey.

• SF小しょう説せつでは、世せ代だい宇う宙ちゅう船せんがよく登とう場じょうする。

  Generation ships often appear in science fiction novels.

• この世せ代だい宇う宙ちゅう船せんは、目もく的てき地ちに着つくまでに数すう百ひゃく年ねんかかる設せっ定ていだ。

  This generation ship is set to take several hundred years to reach its destination.