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spacetimes

spacetimes is the plural of spacetime.

Meaning of spacetime

Noun

spacetime (countable and uncountable, plural spacetimes)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. 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
  3. (relativity) 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

Phrases with spacetimes

Questions about spacetimes

What is spacetimes the plural of?
Spacetimes is the plural of spacetime.

Words near spacetimes in the dictionary

  1. spacetime metric
  2. spacetime metrics
  3. spacetime physics
  4. spacetime singularities
  5. spacetime singularity
  6. spacetimes
  7. spacetravel
  8. spacewalk
  9. spacewalked
  10. spacewalker
  11. spacewalkers

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