time loop en · NOUN
Etymology
From time + loop.
Meanings
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A hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.
Edge Of Tomorrow, Doug Liman’s click-clacky sci-fi take on Groundhog Day, stars Tom Cruise as a smarmy press flack who gets stuck in a time loop during an alien invasion.
2014 June 5, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Edge Of Tomorrow puts Tom Cruise through an action-packed Groundhog Day”, in AV Club:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| time loops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Groundhog Day · closed time loop
Translations (3)
pl pętla czasowa (time loop) · de Zeitschleife (time loop) · es bucle temporal (time loop)