Meanings
nounspime (plural spimes)
plural spimes
- An object that could be remotely tracked through space and time.
Critically, from an environmental point of view, product disposal can be controlled because of the spime's history. Armed with the complete log of its birth and life, the spime can be destroyed, dismantled and recycled efficiently.
2008, Ian J. Taylor, Andrew Harrison, From P2P and Grids to Services on the Web: Evolving Distributed Communities, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 346
Origin
Coined by Bruce Sterling in 2004, as a blend of space + time.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with spime
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
spime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spime
MLA
“spime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spime. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spime.
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