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multiverse
[ muhl-ti-vurs ]
noun
- Physics. (in cosmology) a hypothetical collection of identical or diverse universes, including our own:
It is impossible to know how many universes could exist in the multiverse.
- a collection of linked fictional settings composed of multiple alternate dimensions, different timelines, etc.:
The video game is overall a more accurate representation of the franchise's multiverse than its card counterpart.
multiverse
/ ˈmʌltɪˌvɜːs /
noun
- astronomy the aggregate of all existing matter, of which the universe is but a tiny fragment
multiverse
/ mŭl′tə-vûrs′ /
- The collection of parallel universes that comprise all of reality in some quantum mechanical and cosmological theories.
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Example Sentences
Greene takes this further: what we call our universe is only one piece of an unbelievably vast multiverse.
Greene describes nine different theories which imply that we are living in a vast multiverse.
The simplest type of parallel world Greene describes is called the quilted multiverse.
These islands make up the patchwork of a quilted multiverse.
This is a vital point in any multiple universe, or multiverse, model.
It is neither a universe pure and simple nor a multiverse pure and simple.
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