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space·-time (-tīm′)

noun

  1. a four-dimensional continuum with four coordinates, the three dimensions of space and that of time, in which any event can be located
    also called space-time continuum
  2. the physical reality inherent in such a continuum

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space-time Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • warp: However, to create a wormhole, one needs matter that warps space-time in the opposite way, like the surface of a saddle.

Noun used with modifier

  • gravity: Gravity curves space-time, that is both space and time.

Adjective modifier

  • Newtonian: Now we have units of creation that function in a Newtonian space-time.

Modifies a noun

  • diagram: Here is a space-time diagram to which shows the two causally separated regions.

Preposition: in

  • way: However, to create a wormhole, one needs matter that warps space-time in the opposite way, like the surface of a saddle.
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