time-hopping
Skipping through history
Time-hopping describes jumping between different time periods, especially in fiction where characters travel to various eras rather than moving linearly through time: The novel's time-hopping narrative shifts between 1920s Paris and present-day New York.
In telecommunications, time-hopping is a spread-spectrum technique where signals transmit in short bursts at varying intervals to avoid interference and interception.
Imposing entrance or gate
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
- dimensionMeasurable extent or scope
flux · displacement · multiverse · causality · epoch · futuristic · retro-futurism · steampunk
- DeLoreanStainless steel automobile
- DarkGerman Netflix thriller
- LokiNorse god of deception
- TerminatorKiller android series
Looper · Tenet · Interstellar
Involuntary past memory
- flash-forwardNarrative leap to future
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
timeline · episode · sequel · prequel · montage · vignette · parallel · intercut
portal
Imposing entrance or gate
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
dimension · flux · displacement · multiverse · causality · epoch · futuristic · retro-futurism · steampunk · cyberpunk
TARDIS
Terminator · Looper · Tenet · Interstellar
flashback
Involuntary past memory
- flash-forwardNarrative leap to future
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
chronology · timeline · episode · sequel · prequel · montage · vignette · parallel · intercut · retrospective
retro
Evoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
bygone · era · decade · generation · memory · revival · classic · oldies · heritage · antique
time-hoppinglinear
Arranged in straight succession
chronological · sequential · straightforward · linear narrative · chronological order
time-hoppingfixed
Restored or immovable
stationary · settled · constant · unchanging · steady
time, times, timed, timing, timely, untimely, timer, timeless, overtime