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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Thus, if there is a preferred direction in space-time and signs of Lorentz symmetry breaking, there should be a deviation from a constant rate of top quark pair production in the LHC dependent on the time of day the experiment is conducted!
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
In Part 8 of The Return, the song playing from a radio station way out in the desert, where the first nuclear explosion ripped the fabric of space-time, is a ballad by the Platters, among whose original members was a man named David Lynch.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2025
The act of inflation took the quantum foam of space-time and expanded it to larger scales, laying down the gravitational seeds that would someday grow up to be stars, galaxies and the cosmic web.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Such hyper-sensitive sensors may also have other applications, such as GPS-free navigation, the detection of underground bunkers, and the discovery of gravitational ripples in space-time from the moments after the Big Bang.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
In Part 8 of The Return, the song playing from a radio station way out in the desert, where the first nuclear explosion ripped the fabric of space-time, is a ballad by the Platters, among whose original members was a man named David Lynch.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2025
The act of inflation took the quantum foam of space-time and expanded it to larger scales, laying down the gravitational seeds that would someday grow up to be stars, galaxies and the cosmic web.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Such hyper-sensitive sensors may also have other applications, such as GPS-free navigation, the detection of underground bunkers, and the discovery of gravitational ripples in space-time from the moments after the Big Bang.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Space-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space-time. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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