time warp

time warp
noun
: an anomaly, discontinuity, or suspension held to occur in the progress of time

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a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
[1950-55]

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time warp noun
(in science fiction, etc) a hypothetical distortion in the time continuum, allowing one to pass from the present to the past or future, or to stand still in the present
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Main Entry: ↑time

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time warp UK US noun [countable] [singular time warp plural time warps]
a situation in science fiction stories where people and things can move between different times
Phrase: in a time warp

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time warp,
a distortion or suspension in the continuity of time: »

Science-fiction writers, stymied by the laws of physics, turn to such literary devices as time warps to make interstellar travel possible (Time).

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n. (esp. in science fiction) an imaginary distortion of space in relation to time whereby people or objects of one period can be moved to another

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noun, pl ⋯ warps [count]
: a feeling, state, or place in which time seems to stop, go backward, etc.

Walking into the castle was like entering a time warp.

She dresses like someone caught/stuck/trapped in a 1950s time warp. [=she dresses in styles from the 1950s]

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ˈtime warp [time warp time warps] noun
an imaginary situation, described for example in ↑science fiction, in which it is possible for people or things from the past or the future to move to the present
Idiom: ↑in a time warp

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