time-space compression

noun

The process in which time taken to travel is accelerated and the significance of space between distant places is reduced.

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Meanings

nountime-space compression (uncountable)
  1. uncountableeconomicsThe process in which time taken to travel is accelerated and the significance of space between distant places is reduced.
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