When an object doesn't fit in the time period a work of fiction is set in, usually due to being invented, created, etc. years after the time the work is set in.

Example: A smartphone appearing in Victorian-era Britain or Aztecs in Edo-period Japan.

h4. See also

* [[time paradox]]
* [[contemporary]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Anachronism":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anachronism]
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