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space-time continuum

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

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

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

Light signals alone provide the metrical structure of the four-dimensional space-time continuum. The construction may be called light axioms. Hans Reichenbach

It is very possible that a proper understanding of string theory will make the space-time continuum melt away.... String theory is a miracle through and through. Edward Witten

We cannot change the past even if we could go back in time. The fabric of space-time continuum may automatically correct anomalies caused by, say, a time traveler such that any ripple effects are short-lived. Newton Lee

In a theory like general relativity, which presumes a single space-time continuum, the paradox may be blocked. Source: Internet

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