Chrononaut
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chrononaut is a noun meaning (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
Meaning
(science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
Example Sentences
The honour of the final great mistake will go to David Powers, Scientist Chrononaut.
The conventional view of time travel, however, has the ‘chrononauts’ travelling backwards and forwards in time. But in a more restricted sense we are all chrononauts, on a one-way fixed-speed journey into the future.
This tiny accident, because of the multiplicative effect of unforeseeable circumstances, results in an important alteration in the present time when the chrononauts return — the language is spoken differently and a different President of the United States has been elected.
Word Forms
- chrononauts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include time-traveller, chronomancer, time-traveler, chronographer, timelord, chronologist.
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