# time machine

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A hypothetical device used to travel into the past or the future.
2. Something that appears to take a person or thing to another time, for example through nostalgia or delay.

## Etymology
Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1895 in his novel The Time Machine.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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