mirror universe
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An alternative universe within a fictional work, separate from the universe normally depicted, where familiar characters and settings are present but in a systematically "reversed" manner, often by being evil or otherwise hostile.
noun
A hypothetical universe, a counterpart to this universe but with certain elementary particles reversed in a specific way.
Example Sentences
- "Star Trek: The Original Series introduced a mirror universe in which humans had aggressively conquered parts of the galaxy rather than forming the peaceful Federation, and the setting was revisited in several of the franchise's spinoff shows."
- "A mirror universe of fermions and forces isomorphic to but distinct from those we see couples directly to our universe only by gravity. […] Consequent effects are contrary to experiment. The possible existence of such a mirror universe is thereby excluded."
Inflected Forms
mirror universes (plural)