Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
time-warp
noun
/taɪm wɑrp/
Definition
A time-warp is a hypothetical situation where time behaves differently than usual, often allowing someone to experience events from a different time period.
Examples
- In the movie, the characters find themselves caught in a time-warp, living in the past.
- The scientist’s experiment resulted in a bizarre time-warp effect that altered their reality.
- When I walked into the old house, it felt like a time-warp, taking me back to my childhood.
Meaning
It refers to a distortion in the perception of time, where moments can feel stretched or compressed, or where one can travel between different times.
Synonyms
- time distortion
- temporal anomaly
- time loop
