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The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, cosmology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
Our universe is a very small part of the multiverse.
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Synonyms: maniverse, meta-universe, metauniverse, metaverse, pluriverse, superverse
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The different canons, continuities or timelines of a fictional property, considered as a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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In the DC multiverse, our reality is called "Earth-33". But in the Marvel multiverse, it's "Earth-1218".
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Alternative letter-case form of multiverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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First appeared c. 1895. Blend of multiple + universe, coined by American philosopher William James. By surface analysis, multi- + -verse.
Across languages
Translations 38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
كون متعدد
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Catalan :
multivers
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Chinese Mandarin :
多元宇宙
(duōyuán yǔzhòu)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Czech :
mnohovesmír
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Dutch :
multiversum
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Estonian :
multiversum
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Finnish :
multiversumi
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
French :
multivers
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Georgian :
მულტისამყარო
(mulṭisamq̇aro)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Georgian :
მრავალგანზომილება
(mravalganzomileba)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Georgian :
მრავალსამყარო
(mravalsamq̇aro)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
German :
Multiversum
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Greek :
πολυσύμπαν
(polysýmpan)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Hebrew :
יקום מקביל
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Hindi :
महाब्रह्मांड
(mahābrahmāṇḍ)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Hindi :
बहुब्रह्मांड
(bahubrahmāṇḍ)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Hungarian :
multiverzum
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Irish :
ilchruinne
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Italian :
multiverso
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Japanese :
マルチバス
(maruchibasu)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Japanese :
多元宇宙
(tagen uchū)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Kazakh :
мультиәлем
(multiälem)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Korean :
멀티버스
(meoltibeoseu)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Korean :
다중우주
(dajung'uju)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Latin :
multiversum
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Polish :
wieloświat
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Portuguese :
multiverso
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Russian :
мультивселе́нная
(mulʹtivselénnaja)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Serbo-Croatian :
мултиверзум
(multiverzum)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Sindhi :
گھڻنات
(ghann-naat)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Slovak :
multiverzum
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Spanish :
multiverso
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Swedish :
multiversum
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Thai :
พหุภพ
(pá-hù-póp)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Thai :
พหุจักรวาล
(pá-hù-jàk-grà-waan)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Thai :
มัลติเวิร์ส
(mal-dtì-wə́ət, mal-dtì-wə̀ət)
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Turkish :
multiverse
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
Vietnamese :
đa vũ trụ
— hypothetical group of all possible universes
