meta-universen.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈjuːnᵻvəːs/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɛdəˈˌjunəvərs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, universe n.

Etymology: < meta- prefix + universe n., in sense 1 perhaps after metagalaxy n.

1. A ‘universe of universes’; an assembly of universes, considered as a whole; that which contains or consists of many (potential or actual) separate universes.

ΚΠ

1974 Sci. Amer. May 122/2 A graph that depicts all the universes branching like a tree in a metauniverse.

1990 J. Gribbin & M. Rees Cosmic Coincidences (1992) xi. 279 One possibility is that the basic state of the universe at large, the meta-universe, is one of chaos.

1995 Sci. News (Nexis) 18 Feb. 102 Quantum cosmology posits that incredibly tiny universes spontaneously nucleate out of nothing. All of the universes in this metauniverse are disconnected from one another.

2. An alternative world or universe, esp. one that is abstract, theoretical, or hypothetical.

ΚΠ

1988 New Scientist 15 Oct. 60/1 The physicist's image of reality is rooted in a sort of meta-universe of mathematical objects and relationships that are concrete, eternal and totally dependable.

1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 17 Apr. v. 4/3 The news and the soaps, it could be argued, like the yin and the yang, make up an eternal media meta-universe.

1995 Kirkus Rev. 1 Jan. 21 Robbe-Grillet is occasionally successful in creating an unsettling meta-universe by linking..the oblique, singular, narrative worlds of Magritte.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meta-universe
释义	meta-universen. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈjuːnᵻvəːs/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛdəˈˌjunəvərs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, universe n. Etymology: < meta- prefix + universe n., in sense 1 perhaps after metagalaxy n. 1. A ‘universe of universes’; an assembly of universes, considered as a whole; that which contains or consists of many (potential or actual) separate universes. ΚΠ 1974 Sci. Amer. May 122/2 A graph that depicts all the universes branching like a tree in a metauniverse. 1990 J. Gribbin & M. Rees Cosmic Coincidences (1992) xi. 279 One possibility is that the basic state of the universe at large, the meta-universe, is one of chaos. 1995 Sci. News (Nexis) 18 Feb. 102 Quantum cosmology posits that incredibly tiny universes spontaneously nucleate out of nothing. All of the universes in this metauniverse are disconnected from one another. 2. An alternative world or universe, esp. one that is abstract, theoretical, or hypothetical. ΚΠ 1988 New Scientist 15 Oct. 60/1 The physicist's image of reality is rooted in a sort of meta-universe of mathematical objects and relationships that are concrete, eternal and totally dependable. 1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 17 Apr. v. 4/3 The news and the soaps, it could be argued, like the yin and the yang, make up an eternal media meta-universe. 1995 Kirkus Rev. 1 Jan. 21 Robbe-Grillet is occasionally successful in creating an unsettling meta-universe by linking..the oblique, singular, narrative worlds of Magritte. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1974
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