temporal paradox

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporalandparadox

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temporal
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.əl/us
/ˈtem.pɚ.əl/
formal
relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than ...
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paradox
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpær.ə.dɒks/us
/ˈper.ə.dɑːks/
a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts ...
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(Definition oftemporalandparadoxfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This procedure creates atemporalparadoxbetween images and sounds, which can be explored along the temporal and / or the spatial dimensions.
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The climactic time-warp battle is a rare example of the classic science-fictiontemporalparadoxdone in a real-time context.
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This, of course, would result in atemporalparadox.
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Thus, even if one used the logic of thetemporalparadox, one should still prefer dinosaurs as the ancestors to birds.
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Along with stylish effects, the film is heavily based on the idea of atemporalparadox.
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The time line is truncated to the right of the current time, to avoid possible temporal paradoxes.
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They are attracted to temporal paradoxes that damage time, like bacteria swarming around a wound.
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Another solution to the problem of causality-based temporal paradoxes is that such paradoxes can not arise simply because they have not arisen.
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Because of the temporal paradoxes involved in time travel, the gates are a threat to universal causality and therefore to the future of innumerable worlds.
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They abound with temporal paradoxes.
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Raziel, due to his paradoxical destiny, is the only exception to this rulehis presence enables temporal paradoxes to be triggered, altering history for better or worse.
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