time loop

English

Etymology

From time +‎ loop.

Noun

time loop (plural time loops)

  1. (chiefly science fiction) A hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.
    • 2014 June 5, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Edge Of Tomorrow puts Tom Cruise through an action-packed Groundhog Day”, in AV Club‎[1]:
      Edge Of Tomorrow, Doug Liman’s click-clacky sci-fi take on Groundhog Day, stars Tom Cruise as a smarmy press flack who gets stuck in a time loop during an alien invasion.

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