time machine

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   a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future

   Broadermachine

Questions about time machine

What does time machine mean?

time machine means "a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future".

Is time machine a common word?

time machine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.