metaversen.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtəvəːs/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌvərs/

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

Etymology: < meta- prefix + -verse (in universe n.). Compare earlier meta-universe n., multiverse n.

1. Science Fiction and Computing. A computer-generated environment within which users can interact with one another and their surroundings, a virtual world; (more generally) the notional environment in which users of networked computers interact; = cyberspace n.

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society > computing and information technology > [noun] > computing environment

cyberland1975

matrix1976

cyberspace1982

cyberworld1991

metaverse1992

webspace1993

1992 N. Stephenson Snow Crash iii. 22 Hiro spends a lot of time in the Metaverse.

1995 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Sept. 13 What do you want to be doing in 15 years time? Living somewhere beautiful and remote, having passionate affairs via teledildonics, riding a big chopper through the metaverse?

2005 Wired Oct. 59/7 (chart) Do real laws apply in the metaverse? Legal eagles and game geeks in Tribeca debate the future of virtual worlds.

2008 Los Angeles Times 23 Mar. r7 Second Life..[is] a social networking service, amped up into a metaverse—a term swiped from sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson to describe virtual worlds.

2. = meta-universe n. 1.

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the world > the universe > [noun]

kindlOE

worldc1175

framea1325

creaturec1384

universityc1450

engine?1510

universal1569

universality1577

mass1587

universe1589

all1598

cosmosie1600

macrocosm1602

existence1610

system1610

megacosm1617

cosmos1650

materialism1817

world-all1847

panarchy1848

multiverse1895

metaverse1994

1994 P. Davies Last Three Minutes x. 138 With such cosmic fecundity, the assemblage of universes—or the metaverse, as it should really be called—might have no beginning or end.

2003 Prospect Sept. 50/2 Is the universe just a four-dimensional ‘brane’ floating in a many-dimensional metaverse, like a skin of congealed milk on a cup of coffee?

2006 Focus Nov. 86/1 Several theories for the origin of the Metaverse, the infinite number of universes that includes our own, are eloquently described by Paul Davies in his latest book.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metaverse
释义	metaversen. Brit. /ˈmɛtəvəːs/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌvərs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, universe n. Etymology: < meta- prefix + -verse (in universe n.). Compare earlier meta-universe n., multiverse n. 1. Science Fiction and Computing. A computer-generated environment within which users can interact with one another and their surroundings, a virtual world; (more generally) the notional environment in which users of networked computers interact; = cyberspace n. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > [noun] > computing environment cyberland1975 matrix1976 cyberspace1982 cyberworld1991 metaverse1992 webspace1993 1992 N. Stephenson Snow Crash iii. 22 Hiro spends a lot of time in the Metaverse. 1995 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Sept. 13 What do you want to be doing in 15 years time? Living somewhere beautiful and remote, having passionate affairs via teledildonics, riding a big chopper through the metaverse? 2005 Wired Oct. 59/7 (chart) Do real laws apply in the metaverse? Legal eagles and game geeks in Tribeca debate the future of virtual worlds. 2008 Los Angeles Times 23 Mar. r7 Second Life..[is] a social networking service, amped up into a metaverse—a term swiped from sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson to describe virtual worlds. 2. = meta-universe n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > [noun] kindlOE worldc1175 framea1325 creaturec1384 universityc1450 engine?1510 universal1569 universality1577 mass1587 universe1589 all1598 cosmosie1600 macrocosm1602 existence1610 system1610 megacosm1617 cosmos1650 materialism1817 world-all1847 panarchy1848 multiverse1895 metaverse1994 1994 P. Davies Last Three Minutes x. 138 With such cosmic fecundity, the assemblage of universes—or the metaverse, as it should really be called—might have no beginning or end. 2003 Prospect Sept. 50/2 Is the universe just a four-dimensional ‘brane’ floating in a many-dimensional metaverse, like a skin of congealed milk on a cup of coffee? 2006 Focus Nov. 86/1 Several theories for the origin of the Metaverse, the infinite number of universes that includes our own, are eloquently described by Paul Davies in his latest book. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1992
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