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time opera

time opera noun: a subgenre of science fiction featuring complex and dramatic plotlines involving time travel.

Noun

time opera (countable and uncountable, plural time operas)

  1. A subgenre of science fiction featuring complex and dramatic plotlines involving time travel.
  2. A particular work in the time opera genre.

Forms of time opera

pluraltime operas

Origin of time opera

Possibly modelled on space opera (“a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes space travel, romantic adventure, and larger-than-life characters often set against vast exotic settings”).

Questions about time opera

What does time opera mean?
Time opera means a subgenre of science fiction featuring complex and dramatic plotlines involving time travel.
What part of speech is time opera?
Time opera is a noun.
What is the plural of time opera?
The plural of time opera is time operas.

Words near time opera in the dictionary

  1. time off
  2. time offset
  3. time on
  4. time on device
  5. time on ice
  6. time opera
  7. time operas
  8. time optimal control problem
  9. time optimal control problems
  10. time order
  11. time ordering

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