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timeskip

The English word “timeskip” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An instance of fast-forwarding a substantial amount of time, such as years or decades, as a narrative device in a story, quickly aging characters and developing events.
  2. Any case of something jumping ahead in time.

Etymology

From time + skip, cf. Japanese 時とばし (toki tobashi).

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