Can we have another word to mean, "other universe?"

[Mr. Hamtastic]

The term Multiverse was invented in December 1960, by Andy Nimmo[?], then vice chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, Scottish Branch, for a talk on the Everett many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics which had been published in 1957, to the branch. This was given in February 1961, and the word with its original definition, "an apparent universe, a multiplicity of which, go to make up the whole universe" was then first used. This was because the then dictionary definition of the word 'universe' was, "All that there is" and one cannot have "Alls that there is" etymologically. 'Uni' means one, and 'multi' means many, so you can have many multiverses.

A multiverse of a somewhat different kind has been envisaged within the 11-dimensional extension of string theory known as M-theory. In M-theory our universe and others are created by collisions between membranes in an 11-dimensional space. Unlike the universes in the "quantum multiverse", these universes can have completely different laws of physics—anything may be possible.

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The term Multiverse was invented in December 1960, by Andy Nimmo[?], then vice chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, Scottish Branch, for a talk on the Everett many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics which had been published in 1957, to the branch. This was given in February 1961, and the word with its original definition, "an apparent universe, a multiplicity of which, go to make up the whole universe" was then first used. This was because the then dictionary definition of the word 'universe' was, "All that there is" and one cannot have "Alls that there is" etymologically. 'Uni' means one, and 'multi' means many, so you can have many multiverses.

A multiverse of a somewhat different kind has been envisaged within the 11-dimensional extension of string theory known as M-theory. In M-theory our universe and others are created by collisions between membranes in an 11-dimensional space. Unlike the universes in the "quantum multiverse", these universes can have completely different laws of physics—anything may be possible.

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Any suggestions?

I suppose you could make up a word like "altverse" - a contraction of alternate universe - but I don't really see why it would be necessary.

[Mr. Hamtastic]

To define a singular universe other than another singular universe within a multiverse, or a singular multiverse other than another singular multiverse within a universe.

[cosmictraveler]

Omniverse, Qusiverse, Infintiverses.

[Myles]

UNIverse, DIverse, TRIverse, QUADRIverse.......get the idea ?