Definition of Grandfather paradox

1. Noun. The paradox of time travel that hypothetically occurs when one person goes back to the past and kills their biological grandfather before the latter fathered the traveller's father, thus, by extension, preventing the traveller to ever be conceived in the first place. ¹

2. Noun. An instance of the grandfather paradox. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandfather Paradox

grander
grandes écoles
grandest
grandeur
grandeurs
grandevity
grandevous
grandfather
grandfather's clock
grandfather's clocks
grandfather-in-law
grandfather clause
grandfather clauses
grandfather clock
grandfather clocks
grandfather paradox (current term)
grandfather paradoxes
grandfathered
grandfatherhood
grandfathering
grandfatherless
grandfatherly
grandfathers
grandidierite
grandific
grandiflora
grandifloras
grandiloquence
grandiloquences
grandiloquent

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