space-time
noun
ˈspās-ˈtīm 
ˈspās-ˌtīm
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
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Then the pandemic hit, and the team left our space-time to work in the digital ether of Zoom.
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Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
These events shake space-time far more intensely than the sun’s internal agitation does — providing a deluge of gravitons as opposed to Dyson’s trickle.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
First theorized in 1916 by Albert Einstein, gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time created during some of the universe's most powerful events, including the merging or collision of supermassive black holes.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Last year, observations of the subtle movements of pulsating stars known as a pulsar timing array revealed a background hum of gravitational waves in the universe — ripples in the fabric of space-time.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
These events shake space-time far more intensely than the sun’s internal agitation does — providing a deluge of gravitons as opposed to Dyson’s trickle.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
First theorized in 1916 by Albert Einstein, gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time created during some of the universe's most powerful events, including the merging or collision of supermassive black holes.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Last year, observations of the subtle movements of pulsating stars known as a pulsar timing array revealed a background hum of gravitational waves in the universe — ripples in the fabric of space-time.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Space-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space-time. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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