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time warp
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time warp
n.
A hypothetical discontinuity or distortion occurring in the flow of time that would move events from one time period to another or suspend the passage of time.

time warp
n
1. any distortion of space-time
2. (Physics / General Physics) a hypothetical distortion of time in which people and events from one age can be imagined to exist in another age
3. Informal an illusion in which time appears to stand still he is living in a time warp

time warp - A concept that arose in the 1950s and originally applied to science fiction.
See also related terms for science+fiction.


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