alternate universe

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Definition of alternate universe in English English dictionary

An imaginary realm, often a variant form of the real world, depicting a different way events could have unfolded or the universe could have functioned

This American President exists in an alternate universe from the one the real Bill Clinton must inhabit.

A hypothetical world situated in a different dimension of space and time than the real world consisting of the universe known and experienced by human beings

The first credible suggestion that alternate universes might exist came in the early 1950s when a young physics graduate student named Hugh Everett was toying with some of the more bizarre implications of quantum mechanics.

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Hyphenation

al·ter·nate u·ni·verse

Turkish pronunciation

ôltırnıt yunıvırs

Synonyms

parallel universe

Pronunciation

/ˈôltərnət ˈyo͞onəˌvərs/ /ˈɔːltɜrnət ˈjuːnəˌvɜrs/