space-time
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At this point, we’re stepping outside established physics that describes space-time through four dimensions only.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
And yet the language we use to describe space-time is often vague, metaphorical and deeply inconsistent.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
To recover the illusion that time passes within this framework, four-dimensional space-time must exist in a manner more like the three-dimensional existing elephant — whose existence is described by four-dimensional space-time.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
An existing elephant endures over time, and space-time catalogues every moment of its existence as a four-dimensional world line — an object’s path through space and time throughout its existence.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
It’s a difficult concept to grasp, but the easiest way to approach space-time is through an analogy: space and time are like a gigantic rubber sheet.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing space-time
Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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Space Science (Astronomy) - High School
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The Universe and Its Stars (Cosmology) - Middle School
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