time machine

noun

a theoretical apparatus that would convey one to the past or future.

Origin of time machine

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby time machine

timeline, timeline bar, time loan, time lock, timely, time machine, time management, time money, time note, Timentin, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

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Example sentences from the Web for time machine

He threw open the thick-walled door of his time-machine and pulled it shut behind him.
A Traveler in Time|August Derleth
Then the whole interior of the "time-machine" was afire; there was barely time for Hradzka to leap through the open door.
Flight From Tomorrow|Henry Beam Piper
He got into his time-machine and set out for home in the twentieth century.
A Traveler in Time|August Derleth
But now you must get to work, and build us another 'time-machine', so that we can hunt him down.
Flight From Tomorrow|Henry Beam Piper

The "time-machine" came to rest with a soft jar and a crashing of broken bushes that was audible through the sound pickup.
Flight From Tomorrow|Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for time machine

time machine

noun

(in science fiction) a machine in which people or objects can be transported into the past or the future

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单词	time machine
释义	time machine noun a theoretical apparatus that would convey one to the past or future. Origin of time machine First recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby time machine timeline, timeline bar, time loan, time lock, timely, time machine, time management, time money, time note, Timentin, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for time machine He threw open the thick-walled door of his time-machine and pulled it shut behind him. A Traveler in Time\|August Derleth Then the whole interior of the "time-machine" was afire; there was barely time for Hradzka to leap through the open door. Flight From Tomorrow\|Henry Beam Piper He got into his time-machine and set out for home in the twentieth century. A Traveler in Time\|August Derleth But now you must get to work, and build us another 'time-machine', so that we can hunt him down. Flight From Tomorrow\|Henry Beam Piper The "time-machine" came to rest with a soft jar and a crashing of broken bushes that was audible through the sound pickup. Flight From Tomorrow\|Henry Beam Piper British Dictionary definitions for time machine time machine noun (in science fiction) a machine in which people or objects can be transported into the past or the future Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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