ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun
1. : the four-dimensional order within which every physical existent may be determined by specifying its three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate ; also : the characteristic quality or set of properties of such an order
2. : the whole or any circumscribed portion of physical reality that is a four-dimensional array of perduring extended things or of events or event particles
3. : the primordial reality which has no qualities beyond the spatial and temporal and from which further qualities and higher levels of existence evolutionally emerge — compare emergent evolution