Meanings
plural space-times
- alternativecountableuncountablenatural sciencesAlternative form of spacetime.
A mass effect drive core decreases the mass of a bubble of space-time around a ship. This gives the ship the potential to move quickly, but does not apply any motive power.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Starships: Thrusters Codex entry1 more example
Scientists have detected ripples in space-time from the violent collision of two massive black holes that spiralled into one another far beyond the distant edge of the Milky Way.
2025 July 13, Ian Sample, “Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive black holes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located
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