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Kelvinverse

Kelvinverse proper noun: the fictional universe which serves as the setting for the reboot Star Trek film franchise launched in 2009 (an alternate timeline of the original Star Trek universe).

Proper noun

Kelvinverse

  1. (slang) The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the reboot Star Trek film franchise launched in 2009 (an alternate timeline of the original Star Trek universe).
    • From H. G. Wells's radio play The War of the Worlds to the cinematic blockbuster Star Trek Kelvinverse movies, themes of invasion, conquest, and colonization are the bread and butter of science fiction.2020, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, page 30
    • The show responded to fan pleas to return the series to the “Prime” timeline and explored a hitherto under-represented era of Star Trek history—roughly a decade before The Original Series, placing it roughly analogous to the same time zone the “Kelvinverse” films were exploring.2021, A. J. Black, Star Trek, History and Us: Reflections of the Present and Past Throughout the Franchise, page 150
    Synonyms:
    Abramsverse

Synonyms of Kelvinverse

Origin of Kelvinverse

From Kelvin + -verse, referencing the attack on the USS Kelvin by time-travelling Romulans in the first film, the point of divergence that creates the alternate universe.

Questions about Kelvinverse

What does Kelvinverse mean?
Kelvinverse means the fictional universe which serves as the setting for the reboot Star Trek film franchise launched in 2009 (an alternate timeline of the original Star Trek universe).
What part of speech is Kelvinverse?
Kelvinverse is a proper noun.

Words near Kelvinverse in the dictionary

  1. Kelvin-Voigt material
  2. Kelvindale
  3. Kelvinhaugh
  4. kelvins
  5. Kelvinside
  6. Kelvinverse
  7. kelyanite
  8. Kelynack
  9. kelyphite
  10. kelyphites
  11. KEM

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