Multiverse

Origin

multi + universe, coined by William James.

Full definition of multiverse

Noun

1. (philosophy) The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.
• 1895, October, Is Life Worth Living?, Visible nature is all plasticity and indifference, a multiverse, as one might call it, and not a universe.
• 1953, w Chapter 6, I've never gone through a place like Racine without thinking which house with the rubber-tire swing for kids and piano-practicing inside was like Stiva Lausch's, who had two daughters brought up with every refinement, including piano lessons, and how such little-speaking Odessa-bred sons had gotten on a track like this through the multiverse.
2. (physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.Our universe is a very small part of the multiverse.

Derived terms

• multiversal

Related terms

• universe
• nulliverse