Vacuole

From Tar Valon Library

Unless stated otherwise, all information herein is taken from A Crown of Swords, Chapter 25.

A vacuole is a kind of bubble in the Pattern that is in some ways outside of the Pattern, where time flows differently, such that they can be entered and research performed in them. Occasionally, they can separate and drift off, resulting in the loss of whoever or whatever was in at the time.