spacetime
The four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time.
Other meanings
A specific region of the universe with mathematically different properties than the surrounding spacetime. Synonymous with "metric" within the context of general relativity.
“a Schwarzschild spacetime”
Synonyms
- space-time continuum
Related words
- cyberspacetime
- prespacetime
- absolute space-time
- spacetime metric
- spacetime singularity
- spacetime physics
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “spacetime” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.