Ngokusekelwe embhalweni onikeziwe nikeza igama labantu nesifinyeto sendlela abambe iqhaza ngayo embonweni wezwe elingenamkhawulo noma elinabantu abaningi.
Context:Ngokwabanye, umqondo wezwe elingenamkhawulo wacatshangwa okokuqala isazi sefilosofi esingumGreki sangaphambi kukaSocrates u-Anaximander ngekhulu lesithupha BCE. Nokho, kunempikiswano yokuthi ingabe wayekholelwa emihlabeni eminingi, futhi uma kunjalo, ingabe leyo mihlaba yayikhona ngesikhathi esisodwa noma ilandelana. Abantu bokuqala esingababonisa ngokucacile ukuthi kunezinkolo eziningi ezingeke zibaleke bangama-Atomist aseGrisi lasendulo, baqala ngoLeucippus noDemocritus ngekhulu lesi-5 BCE, balandela u-Epicurus (341-270 BCE) noLucretius (ngekhulu lokuqala BCE). Ngekhulu lesithathu B.C.E., isazi sefilosofi uChrysippus sasikisela ukuthi umhlaba wawuphela phakade futhi uvuselelwe kabusha, okusikisela ngokuphumelelayo ukuba khona kwamazulu amaningi phakathi nesikhathi. Umqondo wamazulu amaningi wachazwa ngokwengeziwe ngeNkathi Ephakathi. Isazi sefilosofi saseMelika nesazi sokusebenza kwengqondo uWilliam James sasebenzisa igama elithi "multiverse" ngo-1895, kodwa ngomongo ohlukile. Lo mqondo wavela okokuqala ngokwesayensi yesimanje ngesikhathi kunengxoxo phakathi kukaBoltzmann noZermelo ngo-1895. EDublin ngo-1952, u-Erwin Schrödinger wanikeza inkulumo lapho ngokuhlekisa axwayisa khona izilaleli zakhe ngokuthi lokho ayesezokusho kwakungase "kuzwakale njengokuhlanya". Wathi lapho izilinganiso zakhe zibonakala zichaza izenzakalo eziningana ezingokomlando, lezi "kwakungezona ezinye izindlela, kodwa zonke zenzeka ngempela ngesikhathi esisodwa". Lolu hlobo lobuntu obubili lubizwa ngokuthi "ukuhlangana".
Nanka amagama abantu nesifinyeto sendlela abafaka ngayo isandla embonweni wezwe elingenamkhawulo noma eliphindwe kabili:  U-Anaximander (ngekhulu lesi-6 B.C.E.): Nguye owasikisela kuqala umbono wezwe elingenamkhawulo.  ULeucippus (ngekhulu lesi-5 B.C.E.), uDemocritus (ngekhulu lesi-5 B.C.E.), u-Epicurus (341-270 B.C.E.) noLucretius (ngekhulu lokuqala B.C.E.): Babekholelwa embonweni wezwe elingenakubalwa.  UChrysippus (ngekhulu lesithathu B.C.E.): Wasikisela ukuba khona kwamazulu amaningi phakathi nesikhathi okusho ukuthi umhlaba waphela phakade futhi wavuselelwa.  UWilliam James (1895): Wasebenzisa igama elithi "multiverse" okokuqala.  UBoltzmann noZermelo (1895): Engxoxweni eyayiphakathi kwabo, umqondo wezinto ezisezindaweni eziningi wavela okokuqala esimweni sesayensi yanamuhla.  U-Erwin Schrödinger (1952): Waqala waveza igama elithi "superposition" ngokubhekisela ezilinganisweni zakhe ezazibonakala zichaza izindaba eziningana ezihlukene ezazingeyona "enye indlela, kodwa zonke zenzeka ngesikhathi esisodwa".