alternate dimension
Another plane exists
An alternate dimension is a separate realm of existence, parallel to our own but distinct—often with different physical laws, histories, or versions of reality.
The concept appears throughout science fiction and fantasy: characters travel to alternate dimensions, encounter alternate selves, or discover that reality branches into infinite variations.
In casual use, someone mentally checked out might as well be in an alternate dimension.
Also called parallel universe or alternate reality.
- parallel universeHypothetical coexisting separate reality
- multiverseHypothetical set of universes
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- riftCrack or estrangement
quantum · otherworldly · crossing · crossing over · veil · liminal · mirror world · shadow realm · other side · slipstream · breach · gateway · reality · plane · void · between · phase shift · time slip
- realmsrealm, kingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades
- fan theoriessimulation theory, multiverse theory, secret identity, hidden villain, brainwashing
- multiverse conceptsparallel universe, parallel worlds, pocket universes, branching timeline, pocket universe
- measurementsheight, stature, meters, depth, pound
- Mythic RealmsAsgard, Avalon, Elysium, Hades, Valhalla
alternate dimensionphysical reality
The material universe
the here and now · objective reality · observable universe · natural world
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