time machine

noun

1. a theoretical apparatus that would convey one to the past or future.

time machine

noun

1. (in science fiction) a machine in which people or objects can be transported into the past or the future

Word History and Origins

Origin of time machine¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

As you pass under wooden-bridge tunnels and through the tremendous fall foliage at Auburn Valley State Park, this route will have you feeling like you just stepped out of a time machine.

From Outside Online

I tell my students all the time about how much fun it would be to jump in a time machine and go back to Africa 3 or 4 million years ago.

From Nautilus

From forgotten bands to ’90s television shows, T-shirts were time machines sending customers to their favorite era of pop culture.

From Ozy

To be clear, though, none of the theoretical results is yet a blueprint for a time machine.

From Nautilus

Stephen Hawking thought the wormhole time machine would never work—and going further, he stated his “chronology protection conjecture” that the laws of physics must disallow time travel to prevent paradoxes.

From Nautilus

Doritos: Time Machine Forget your run-of-the-mill lemonade stand.

From The Daily Beast

Or would it be disappointing to us if were to suddenly go back in a time machine?

From The Daily Beast

It was like a time machine to the golden age of smoking, when there were ashtrays on elevators and in movie theaters.

From The Daily Beast

Those of us who live in Russia often feel like we have been forced into a time machine.

From The Daily Beast

Either that or build a time machine and go back to the day before you started drinking.

From The Daily Beast

But even an age of war and pestilence could be observed without torment from behind the protective shields of the Time Machine.

From Project Gutenberg

The "time-machine" came to rest with a soft jar and a crashing of broken bushes that was audible through the sound pickup.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the whole interior of the "time-machine" was afire; there was barely time for Hradzka to leap through the open door.

From Project Gutenberg

It was just as well, I suppose, though he was too hurt to think so; he had more leisure to develop the time machine.

From Project Gutenberg

It is one of those found on the shores of the Future by the traveler who voyaged on the Time Machine.

From Project Gutenberg