spacetime
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spacetime
- /ˈspeɪsˌtaɪm/ US
Where it comes from
From space + time, as a calque of German Raumzeit, introduced in this sense by Hermann Minkowski. First appears in print c. 1893 in the Philosophical Review.
noun spacetimes · space-time
- The four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time. An event is a point in spacetime, specified by the coordinates x, y, z, and t.
- An n-dimensional continuum consisting of dimensions of both space and time. Normally spacetime is considered as having 4 dimensions (x, y, z, t), but higher-dimensional spacetimes are often encountered in theoretical physics, e.g. the 5-dimensional spacetime of Kaluza-Klein theory or the 11 dimensions of spacetime in M-theory. a Minkowski spacetime
- 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
Similar: time-space
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noun
Similar: time-space
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noun four dimensional continuum
| Español | espacio-tiempo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시공간 sigonggan, 시공 sigong |
| 日本語 | 時空 jikū |
| 中文 | 時空 /时空 shíkōng |
| हिन्दी | दिक्काल dikkāl, दिक्-काल dik-kāl |
| Português | espaço-tempo |
| Français | espace-temps |
| Deutsch | Raumzeit |
| Italiano | spaziotempo, spaziotemporalità |
| Ελληνικά | χωροχρόνος chorochrónos |
| Română | spațiu-timp |
| Русский | простра́нство-вре́мя prostránstvo-vrémja |
| Tiếng Việt | không-thời gian |
| العربية | زَمَكَان zamakān |
| עברית | מֶרְחָב־זְמַן merkháv-zmán |
Talk about this word "spacetime." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spacetime. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spacetime. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spacetime "spacetime." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spacetime.Cite this
@misc{spacetime_2026,
title = {spacetime},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spacetime},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
