alternative universe (English, noun)
expansion: alternative universe (plural alternative universes)
Senses:
topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical world situated in a different dimension of space and time than the real world consisting of the universe known and experienced by human beings.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
literature
media
narratology
publishing
sciences
glosses: An imaginary realm, often a variant form of the real world, depicting a different way events could have unfolded or the universe could have functioned.
Forms:
form: alternative universes
tags: plural
form: alternate universe
tags: alternative
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