1. A timeline or sequence of events that has been changed from its original course, typically through time travel, intervention, or alternate reality scenarios
In the movie, the protagonist creates a modified timeline by preventing a crucial historical event.
No filme, o protagonista cria uma linha temporal modificada ao prevenir um evento histórico crucial.
2. In science fiction and speculative fiction, a branching of reality caused by changes to past events
The author explores what happens in a modified timeline where World War II never occurred.
O autor explora o que aconteceria em uma linha temporal modificada onde a Segunda Guerra Mundial nunca ocorreu.