space-time continuum

1. 1.

   the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located

   Synonymsspace-time

   Broadercoordinate system

Questions about space-time continuum

What does space-time continuum mean?

space-time continuum means "the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located".

What is another word for space-time continuum?

Close synonyms include space-time. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is space-time continuum a common word?

space-time continuum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.