multiverse
All possible existences
The multiverse is a hypothetical collection of multiple universes, including our own, that together comprise all of physical reality.
The concept appears in theoretical physics, where it emerges from quantum mechanics and cosmology, and in fiction, where parallel worlds allow alternate versions of characters and events: In the multiverse, there's a timeline where you made a different choice.
Comic books and films frequently use multiverse storytelling to explore "what if" scenarios.
Superhero media conglomerate
- DCUnidirectional electrical flow
- Spider-VerseInterconnected parallel superhero dimensions
- DarkGerman Netflix thriller
- FlashSudden brief illumination
Coexisting in multiple states
- decoherenceLoss of quantum coherence
- EverettWashington state city
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- CopenhagenDenmark's capital city
branching · Schrödinger · entanglement · uncertainty · collapse · probabilistic
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- existenceState of being real
- actualityState of existing fact
- possibilityState of being achievable
necessity · counterfactual · plurality · reality · conceivability · abstract · contingency · modality
Supernatural duplicate of oneself
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
- interdimensionalBetween separate planes of existence
- variantDiffering form of something
- Earth-2Fictional parallel planet
Sustained price level increase
- cosmologicalRelating to universe's origin/structure
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- bulkMain mass or size
Marvel
Superhero media conglomerate
- DCUnidirectional electrical flow
- Spider-VerseInterconnected parallel superhero dimensions
- DarkGerman Netflix thriller
superposition
Coexisting in multiple states
- decoherenceLoss of quantum coherence
- EverettWashington state city
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
Copenhagen · branching · Schrödinger · entanglement · uncertainty · collapse · probabilistic
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
possibility · necessity · counterfactual · plurality · reality · conceivability · abstract · contingency · modality · philosophical
doppelganger
Supernatural duplicate of oneself
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
- interdimensionalBetween separate planes of existence
- variantDiffering form of something
inflation
Sustained price level increase
- cosmologicalRelating to universe's origin/structure
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- bulkMain mass or size
- cosmosgalaxies, galaxy, stars, star, planets
- speculative fictionsci-fi, science fiction, dystopia, fantasy, futurism
- imaginary worldsdreamland, fairyland, wonderland, fantasy realm, dream world
- Sci-Fi Settingsspace station, spaceship, starship, alien planet, moon base
- worldsearth, planet, realm, kingdom, dimension
- Cosmologiesgeocentric model, heliocentric model, Ptolemaic system, cosmic egg, parallel universes
multiversesingularity
Point where values explode
unity · oneness · monism · the one · closed system
- multiverse theoryCountless coexisting separate universes