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expanded universes

expanded universes is the plural of expanded universe.

Meaning of expanded universe

Noun

expanded universe (plural expanded universes)

  1. In fiction, the extension of a media franchise (i.e. a television show, series of feature films, etc.) with other media (generally comics and original novels), often with the result being that the stories described in the other media are not considered canon in the original.
    • The Star Wars novels, comics, video games, television series, and radio shows created between 1977 and 2012 all constitute an original Expanded Universe (EU) of in-universe history and lore set within the same transmedia franchise.2019, Monica Louzon, “Mara Jade, Frontier Woman”, in Melanie A. Marotta, editor, Women's Space, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 29

Questions about expanded universes

What is expanded universes the plural of?
Expanded universes is the plural of expanded universe.

Words near expanded universes in the dictionary

  1. expanded memory
  2. expanded metal
  3. expanded one's wings
  4. expanded rubber
  5. expanded universe
  6. expanded universes
  7. expandedly
  8. expandedness
  9. expandedst
  10. expander
  11. expanders

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