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

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)

 Context examples 

Black hole mergers generate gravitational waves because, as they orbit each other, their gravity distorts the fabric of space-time, sending ripples outward in all directions at the speed of light.

(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)