megaverse

plural megaverses

1. natural sciencesA theoretical higher-order universe that contains multiple (possibly an infinite number of) pocket universes within it.

   As there is no evidence of an unconditional singularity anywhere it is highly likely that there are other universes and even “mother” megaverses of infinite proportions.

   2013, Patrick Cusick, Universis: Big Bangs and Universal Beings, →ISBN, page 10

   2 more examples

   Several of the more interesting variants of string theory propose that our entire universe is one simple three-dimensional membrane existing within a higher-order bulk universe, or megaverse.

   2010, James F. Molben, Atheism: Trendy, Chic and Scientifically Misguided, →ISBN, page 28

   An important part of Susskind's picture is that each of the pocket universes is expanding like a bubble, so you can't get out of one, but the whole megaverse also expands, so the bubbles don't collide.

   2010, Nick Huggett, Everywhere and Everywhen: Adventures in Physics and Philosophy, →ISBN