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A hypothetical device used to travel into the past or the future.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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Something that appears to take a person or thing to another time, for example through nostalgia or delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- 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.
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a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: machine
Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1895 in his novel The Time Machine.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
آلَة زَمَن
(ʔālat zaman)
— device used to travel in time
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Breton:
ribourzerez
— device used to travel in time
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Bulgarian:
маши́на на вре́ме
(mašína na vréme)
— device used to travel in time
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Chinese Cantonese:
時間機器 /时间机器
(si4 gaan3 gei1 hei3)
— device used to travel in time
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Chinese Mandarin:
時間機器 /时间机器
(shíjiān jīqì)
— device used to travel in time
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Chinese Mandarin:
時光機 /时光机
(shíguāngjī)
— device used to travel in time
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Czech:
stroj času
— device used to travel in time
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Danish:
tidsmaskine
— device used to travel in time
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Dutch:
tijdmachine
— device used to travel in time
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Esperanto:
tempomaŝino
— device used to travel in time
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Estonian:
ajamasin
— device used to travel in time
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Finnish:
aikakone
— device used to travel in time
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French:
machine à explorer le temps
— device used to travel in time
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French:
machine à voyager dans le temps
— device used to travel in time
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French:
machine à remonter le temps
— device used to travel in time
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Georgian:
დროის მანქანა
(drois mankana)
— device used to travel in time
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German:
Zeitmaschine
— device used to travel in time
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Greek:
χρονομηχανή
(chronomichaní)
— device used to travel in time
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Hebrew:
מכונת זמן
— device used to travel in time
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Hungarian:
időgép
— device used to travel in time
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Icelandic:
tímavél
— device used to travel in time
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Italian:
macchina del tempo
— device used to travel in time
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Japanese:
タイムマシン
(taimumashin)
— device used to travel in time
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Japanese:
タイムマシーン
(taimumashīn)
— device used to travel in time
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Korean:
타임머신
(taimmeosin)
— device used to travel in time
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Macedonian:
времеплов
(vremeplov)
— device used to travel in time
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Macedonian:
временска машина
(vremenska mašina)
— device used to travel in time
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Mongolian:
цаг хугацааны машин
(cag xugacaany mašin)
— device used to travel in time
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tidsmaskin
— device used to travel in time
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Polish:
wehikuł czasu
— device used to travel in time
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Portuguese:
máquina do tempo
— device used to travel in time
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Romanian:
mașina timpului
— device used to travel in time
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Russian:
маши́на вре́мени
(mašína vrémeni)
— device used to travel in time
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Northern Sami:
áigemašiidna
— device used to travel in time
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Serbo-Croatian:
вре̏мепло̄в
— device used to travel in time
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Serbo-Croatian:
vrȅmeplōv
— device used to travel in time
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Serbo-Croatian:
временска машина
— device used to travel in time
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Serbo-Croatian:
vremenska mašina
— device used to travel in time
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Slovak:
časostroj
— device used to travel in time
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Slovak:
stroj času
— device used to travel in time
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Slovene:
časovni stroj
— device used to travel in time
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Spanish:
máquina del tiempo
— device used to travel in time
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Swedish:
tidsmaskin
— device used to travel in time
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Turkish:
zaman makinesi
— device used to travel in time
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Ukrainian:
маши́на ча́су
(mašýna čásu)
— device used to travel in time
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Vietnamese:
cỗ máy thời gian
— device used to travel in time
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Welsh:
peiriant amser
— device used to travel in time
