parallel universe

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parallel universe

noun parallel universes

  1. A universe that exists separately alongside another universe, as part of a multiverse. Subjectively we perceive this as a single, unpredictable or ‘random’ outcome, though from the multiverse point of view all the outcomes have actually happened. This parallel-universe multiplicity is the real reason for the unpredictability of the weather.

    Similar: parallel world

  2. The universe of an alternative history.

Opposite: non-parallelizable universe

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noun universe that exists separately alongside another universe

Españoluniverso paralelo, universo alterno
日本語平行宇宙 heikō uchū
中文平行宇宙 píngxíng yǔzhòu
Portuguêsuniverso paralelo
Françaisunivers parallèle
DeutschParalleluniversum
Ελληνικάπαράλληλο σύμπαν parállilo sýmpan
العربيةعَالَم مُوَازِي ʕālam muwāzī

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@misc{parallel_universe_2026,
  title = {parallel universe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parallel%20universe},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}