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timestream

timestream noun: a metaphorical conception of time as a stream, or flowing body of water.

Noun

timestream (plural timestreams)

  1. A metaphorical conception of time as a stream, or flowing body of water.
    • By killing his great-grandfather, the time traveller disrupted the timestream.
    • The slightest excess of effort might upset the balance at any point of the time stream, sending them backward into the past or forward into the future independently of my will.[1931 December, Eric Temple Bell, “The Time Stream”, in Wonder Stories

Examples of timestream in a sentence

  • The timestream is littered with these blank areas.1983, John Varley, Millennium:
  • Two different timestreams running parallel but at different speeds.2011, Tom MacRae, “The Girl Who Waited”, in Nick Hurran, director, Doctor Who, season 6, episode 10, spoken by The Doctor (Matt Smith):

Forms of timestream

pluraltimestreams
alternative formtime stream

Origin of timestream

From time + stream.

Questions about timestream

What does timestream mean?
Timestream means a metaphorical conception of time as a stream, or flowing body of water.
How do you use timestream in a sentence?
The timestream is littered with these blank areas.
What part of speech is timestream?
Timestream is a noun.
What is the plural of timestream?
The plural of timestream is timestreams.

Words near timestream in the dictionary

  1. timesteps
  2. timestomp
  3. timestomped
  4. timestomping
  5. timestomps
  6. timestream
  7. timestreams
  8. timestretching
  9. timesuck
  10. timesucks
  11. timeswitch

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