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timequake

timequake noun: a disturbance in the flow of time.

Noun

timequake (plural timequakes)

  1. A disturbance in the flow of time.
    • Or you can have a revisable universe with one timeline (see Hogan's Thrice Upon a Time or Milennium^([sic]) by (I think) Joe Haldeman for the general idea) and in which your actions can "rewrite" the past from that point on. Here, if you shoot your grandfather, you generate a "timequake" in which...1996 November 16, Mike Abernathy, “Re: faster than light travel”, in sci.physics.electromag (Usenet), message-ID <56la8t$5@sjx-ixn2.ix.netcom.com>
    • Finding herself in the middle of a “timequake,” she discovers another world—an alternate universe. Will Mary find a way to return to the world she left?2008, Deanna J. McDaniel, Gentle Reads: Great Books to Warm Hearts and Lift Spirits, Grades 5-9, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 217

Forms of timequake

pluraltimequakes

Origin of timequake

From time + quake.

Questions about timequake

What does timequake mean?
Timequake means a disturbance in the flow of time.
What part of speech is timequake?
Timequake is a noun.
What is the plural of timequake?
The plural of timequake is timequakes.

Words near timequake in the dictionary

  1. timepleaser
  2. timepleasers
  3. timepoint
  4. timepoints
  5. timeproof
  6. timequake
  7. timequakes
  8. timer
  9. Timerio
  10. timerities
  11. timerity

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