space-time

Noun

Meaning

the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

space-time continuum time period present past cubic flat duration continuity dimensional chronology cubical lastingness spatiotemporal fourth dimension

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Antonyms

linear unidimensional one-dimensional

Hypernyms

coordinate system frame of reference reference frame reference system

Examples

In an infinite universe, every point in space-time is the center. David Zindell

Capital creates space-time. David Harvey

I wouldn't know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed with me. Patrick Stewart

Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and you will emerge into another space-time created by the singularity of the black hole you just fell into? Neil deGrasse Tyson

I live in the present due to the constraints of the Space-Time Continuum. Hank Green

Information can be stored even more compactly than in molecular memory. It can be stored in the structure of space-time. What is matter, after all, but a standing-wave of information in the vacuum? Greg Bear

Close letter words and terms

space-operatic space-reflection symmetry space-saving space-time continuum space-time crystal space-time singularity