time machine
English
Etymology
Coined by H. G. Wells in his novel The Time Machine (1895).
Noun
time machine (plural time machines)
- (chiefly science fiction) A hypothetical device used to travel into the past or the future.
- 2014, Ingrid Michaelson, Trent Dabbs, and busbee (lyrics and music), “Time Machine”, in Lights Out, performed by Ingrid Michaelson:
- If I had a time machine / And if life was a movie scene / I'd rewind, and I'd tell me / "Ru-u-u-u-u-u-u-un"
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Derived terms
- backwards time machine
- forward time machine
Translations
device used to travel in time
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See also
- time travel
- Einstein-Rosen bridge
- wayback machine