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parallel universes

parallel universes is the plural of parallel universe.

Meaning of parallel universe

Noun

parallel universe (plural parallel universes)

  1. A universe that exists separately alongside another universe, as part of a multiverse.
    • Subjectively we perceive this as a single, unpredictable or ‘random’ outcome, though from the multiverse point of view all the outcomes have actually happened. This parallel-universe multiplicity is the real reason for the unpredictability of the weather.1998 [1997], David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 202
    Synonyms:
    parallel world
  2. The universe of an alternative history.

Questions about parallel universes

What is parallel universes the plural of?
Parallel universes is the plural of parallel universe.

Words near parallel universes in the dictionary

  1. parallel texts
  2. parallel thinking
  3. parallel transport
  4. parallel transports
  5. parallel universe
  6. parallel universes
  7. parallel world
  8. parallel worlds
  9. parallelable
  10. parallelarity
  11. paralleled

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