单词 | time paradox |
释义 | > as lemmastime paradox time paradox n. a paradox involving time.Three paradoxes in particular are so called: (a) the twin paradox in the theory of relativity (twin paradox n. at twin adj. and n. Compounds 5); (b) a paradox concerning the implications of time travel, the grandfather paradox (see grandfather n. Compounds 2); (c) the paradox that many macroscopic phenomena do not occur in reverse even though such an event would not conflict with the laws of nature (cf. time's arrow n.). ΚΠ 1909 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 6 145 (title) The time paradox in perception. 1942 Astounding Sci.-Fiction Oct. 63/1 ‘No reconciliation of the supposed time paradox is necessary,’ he droned, ‘for no paradox exists.’ 1963 Life 24 May 36/2 Their sense of propriety is particularly outraged by the time paradox. They cannot believe that a man traveling through space at relativistic speeds would come back younger than if he had never left home. 1987 J. J. Pierce Great Themes Sci. Fiction ix. 183 Uchronian sf thus developed independently of the tradition of time travel and time paradoxes in Anglo-American sf. 1994 I. Prigogine in K. H. Pribram Origins i. 5 The emergence of nonequilibrium sciences marks in my view the second stage in the history of the time paradox. 2002 Dreamwatch Sept. 91/1 His intellectual showmanship gets in the way of an exciting tale with a complex, labyrinthine time-paradox plot. 2010 Canberra Times (Nexis) 30 Oct. Micallef admits to loving all the Back to the Future movies but three decades down the track is still a little perplexed by this kink in the time paradox. < as lemmas |
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