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SPACE-TIME

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Dictionary entry overview: What does space-time mean?

• SPACE-TIME (noun)
The noun SPACE-TIME has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: SPACE-TIME used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SPACE-TIME (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

space-time; space-time continuum

Hypernyms ("space-time" is a kind of...):

coordinate system; frame of reference; reference frame; reference system (a system that uses coordinates to establish position)

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