SPACE-TIME


Meaning of SPACE-TIME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspās-ˈtīm, ˈspās-ˌ ]

noun

Date: 1915

1. : a system of one temporal and three spatial coordinates by which any physical object or event can be located — called also space-time continuum

2. : the whole or a portion of physical reality determinable by a usually four-dimensional coordinate system ; also : the properties characteristic of such an order

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.