"multiversal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌmʌltɪˈvɜːsl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmʌltɪˈvɝsl̩/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səl Etymology: From multiverse + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|multiverse|al}} multiverse + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multiversal (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to the multiverse. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Cosmology
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          "text": "The edge appears as a boundary of razor-sharp obsidian glass with a hazy gray area of nothingness extending a few feet beyond it. This gray, a strain on the eyes, should look familiar to any player character accustomed to multiversal travel; this is the nothingness between the planes of reality.",
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          "text": "‘Not by such a name.” Buglet shook her head. ‘She was trying to design a new sort of being, greater than the stargods, with a better control of the multiversal environment and a stronger love for all the older races. But she had to rush her work, because she was afraid the jealous young gods would try to wreck it, to defend their own supremacy.",
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