time jump
The term "time jump" is commonly used in storytelling and science fiction to describe transitions across different time periods.
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Definition
B2Storytelling
(narrative)A narrative device where the story skips forward or backward in time, omitting events during the skipped period.
Example
- The series took a time jump, moving the plot five years into the future.
- After the time jump, the protagonist was shown as a successful entrepreneur.
C1Science Fiction
(technical)A concept where characters or objects move from one time period to another, bypassing the time in between.
Example
- The time machine allowed them to make a time jump to the year 3000.
- In the movie, the hero's time jump saved the world from disaster.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "time jump":
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