time machine

noun

: a hypothetical device that permits travel into the past and future

Examples of time machine in a Sentence

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For him, watching the teams play felt like stepping into a time machine. Mohamed Sheikh Nor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025 During its initial 26-season run, episodes centered around the adventures of our favorite regenerating Time Lord scientist from the planet Gallifrey and his occasional companions aboard the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions In Space) time machine designed like an innocent British police box. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025 The James Webb Space Telescope is a time machine that enables scientists to see deeper into space, and further back in time toward the birth of the universe, than ever before. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025 Seeing them together like this without a time machine set for 1880s Paris, almost surely never again. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for time machine

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of time machine was in 1894

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“Time machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20machine. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

time machine

noun
: a fictional machine that allows one to travel backward or forward in time
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