time machine

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Etymology

Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1895 in his novel The Time Machine.

Pronunciation

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Noun

time machine (plural time machines)

1. (chiefly science fiction) A hypothetical device used to travel into the past or the future.
   • 2014, Ingrid Michaelson, Trent Dabbs, busbee, “Time Machine”, in Lights Out‎, performed by Ingrid Michaelson:

     If I had a time machine / And if life was a movie scene / I'd rewind, and I'd tell me / "Ru-u-u-u-u-u-u-un"

2. (informal) Something that appears to take a person or thing to another time, for example through nostalgia or delay.
   • 2017, Fine Art Photoshop: Diving Into the World of Photographic Art:

     It's a time machine for Photoshop. It's magic. Image makers can not just combine different images, but different points in time from each image.

   • Conrad Riker, The Last Days of Manhood

     Mayo Clinic research shows heavy squats spike growth hormone by 530%. That's not exercise — it's a time machine for your cells.

Derived terms

• backwards time machine
• forward time machine
• Tipler time machine

Coordinate terms

• DeLorean
• Tardis

Translations

device used to travel in time

Arabic: آلَة زَمَن f (ʔālat zaman) Breton: ribourzerez f Bulgarian: маши́на на вре́ме f (mašína na vréme) Chinese: Cantonese: 時間機器 / 时间机器 (si4 gaan3 gei1 hei3) Mandarin: 時間機器 / 时间机器 (zh) (shíjiān jīqì), 時光機 / 时光机 (zh) (shíguāngjī) Czech: stroj času (cs) m Danish: tidsmaskine Dutch: tijdmachine (nl) f Esperanto: tempomaŝino (eo) Estonian: ajamasin Finnish: aikakone (fi) French: machine à explorer le temps f, machine à voyager dans le temps f, machine à remonter le temps f Georgian: დროის მანქანა (drois mankana) German: Zeitmaschine (de) f Greek: χρονομηχανή (el) f (chronomichaní) Hebrew: מכונת זמן Hungarian: időgép (hu) Icelandic: tímavél f Italian: macchina del tempo (it) f Japanese: タイムマシン (ja) (taimumashin), タイムマシーン (taimumashīn) Korean: 타임머신 (taimmeosin) Macedonian: времеплов m (vremeplov), временска машина f pl (vremenska mašina) Mongolian: цаг хугацааны машин (cag xugacaany mašin) Northern Sami: áigemašiidna Norwegian: Bokmål: tidsmaskin m Polish: wehikuł czasu (pl) m Portuguese: máquina do tempo f Romanian: mașina timpului f Russian: маши́на вре́мени (ru) f (mašína vrémeni) Serbo-Croatian: вре̏мепло̄в m, vrȅmeplōv (sh) m, временска машина f, vremenska mašina f Slovak: časostroj m, stroj času m Slovene: časovni stroj m Spanish: máquina del tiempo f Swedish: tidsmaskin (sv) c Turkish: zaman makinesi Ukrainian: маши́на ча́су f (mašýna čásu) Vietnamese: cỗ máy thời gian Welsh: peiriant amser m

See also

• time travel
• Einstein-Rosen bridge
• wayback machine