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antitelephone

antitelephone noun: a hypothetical device, used in thought experiments on causality, that could be used to send signals into one's own past.

Noun

antitelephone (plural antitelephones)

  1. A hypothetical device, used in thought experiments on causality, that could be used to send signals into one's own past.

Forms of antitelephone

pluralantitelephones

Origin of antitelephone

From anti- + telephone.

Words formed from antitelephone

Questions about antitelephone

What does antitelephone mean?
Antitelephone means a hypothetical device, used in thought experiments on causality, that could be used to send signals into one's own past.
What part of speech is antitelephone?
Antitelephone is a noun.
What is the plural of antitelephone?
The plural of antitelephone is antitelephones.

Words near antitelephone in the dictionary

  1. antitechnologists
  2. antitechnology
  3. antiteetotal
  4. antiteetotalism
  5. antiteleological
  6. antitelephone
  7. antitelephones
  8. antitelevision
  9. antitelomerase
  10. antitemperance
  11. antitemplate

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