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Time Machine

Definition: Time Machine

Time Machine

Noun

1. A science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Time Machine

English words defined with "time machine": downtimeinspection and repairMechanical effect, Modulus of a machineoverhaulserviceuptime. (references)

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Modern Usage: Time Machine

DomainUsage

Screenplays

If you've got a time machine, why don't you just go back and kill Austin Powers when he's sitting on the crapper or something? (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers and Michael McCullers.)

You built the time machine because of Emma's death. (The Time Machine; writing credit: H.G. Wells; David Duncan)

I wish I were Einstein cause then I'd invent a time machine and go back to when you were nice. (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster)

We built a time machine! Stormy Two is gonna' go back in time, and, uh, fix it all up, there. (Sealab 2021; writing credit: John J. Miller; Adam Reed)

I came here in a time machine of my own construction. (Time After Time; writing credit: Karl Alexander; Steve Hayes)

Movie/TV Titles

The Time Machine (1960)

Time Machine (1997)

Mario's Time Machine (1993)

Time Machine (1992)

The Time Machine (1978)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Time Machine

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Time Machine (Dalmatian Press Adapted Classic) (reference)

  • Time Machine 14: Blade of the Guillotine [DOWNLOAD: MICROSOFT READER] (reference)

  • Father Ernetti's Chronovisor : The Creation and Disappearance of the World's First Time Machine (reference)

  • Gilles Deleuze's Time Machine (Post-Contemporary Interventions) (reference)

  • The Technicolor Time Machine (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Time Machine - The Warren Commission (reference)

  • The Exotic Time Machine (reference)

  • Time Machine - High Rollers: A History Of Gambling (reference)

  • Time Machine - What If? (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Time Machine

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Astronomers using the Hubble telescope as a "time machine" have obtained the clearest views ... Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Time Machine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

time machine

1,069

time machine game

5

the time machine movie

85

music of the time machine

4

time machine h.g well

24

h.g.wells the time machine

4

marios time machine

13

time machine clock

4

the time machine h g well

13

the time machine dvd

4

the time machine by h.g well

11

time machine tattoo supply

3

well time machine

11

the time machine by hg well

3

time machine tattoo

11

mario time machine

3

the time machine summary

9

the time machine watch

3

the time machine book

9

time machine toothbrush

3

exotic time machine

9

master time machine

2

hg well the time machine

6

master time machine

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Time Machine

Language Translations for "time machine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

stroj času. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μηχανή του χρόνου. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

タイアップ番組 (error which directly allows a run to score, four-in-hand, good hitting in which a run is scored, RBI, RBI hit, run-batted-in, run-batted-in hit, style, tidal, tie game, tie-up program, tight, tights, tile, time, time clock, time is up, time-card, timely, timeout, timer, times, time-sheet, time-shift, time-stamp, timing, tire, title, title background, title-region, type, typewriter, typhoon, typing, typist, typography, tyre, video titler). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

タイ マシン . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imetay achinemay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Time Machine

Misspellings

"Time Machine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Timemachine. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Time Machine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-i-m-m-n-t"

-2 letters: hematinic, mincemeat.

-3 letters: echinate, ethician, hematein, hematine, meantime, thiamine.

-4 letters: cementa, centime, etamine, hematic, hematin, ichnite, intimae, machete, machine, manchet, matinee, meatmen, methane, mimetic, minicam, nematic, nitchie, thiamin.

-5 letters: acetin, achene, aminic, ammine, anemic, anthem, canthi, cement, centai, cetane, chaine, chitin, cinema, echini, emetic, emetin, enatic, entice, etamin, ethane, ethnic, haemic, haemin, heinie, hetman.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Time Machine


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 69 6D 65      4D 61 63 68 69 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01101001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01001101 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#105 &#109 &#101 &#32 &#77 &#97 &#99 &#104 &#105 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0069 006D 0065      004D 0061 0063 0068 0069 006E 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54757971247676974758071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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