temporal loop
Recurring time cycle
A temporal loop is a hypothetical phenomenon in which time repeats cyclically—events play out, then reset to an earlier point and play out again.
The concept appears throughout science fiction, where characters often must break the loop by changing their actions: She realized she was stuck in a temporal loop, reliving the same day over and over.
Also called a time loop.
- time travelMovement across temporal points
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- repetitionAct of redoing
- same dayWithin this date
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
rewind · déjà vu · reset · recursion · causality · bootstrap · wormhole · alternate timeline · stuck · relive · infinite · yesterday · again · do over · glitch · fate · trapped · memory
temporal looplinear time
Duration moving one direction
linear progression · arrow of time · normal time · chronological order
temporal loopfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
breaking free · escape · liberation · first time · new beginning
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