"antitelephone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: antitelephones [plural]
Etymology: anti- + telephone Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|telephone}} anti- + telephone Head templates: {{en-noun}} antitelephone (plural antitelephones)
  1. (physics) A hypothetical device, used in thought experiments on causality, that could be used to send signals into one's own past. Wikipedia link: tachyonic antitelephone Categories (topical): Faster-than-light travel, Physics, Time travel Derived forms: tachyonic antitelephone

Inflected forms

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