spacetime
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From space + time, as a calque of German Raumzeit, introduced in this sense by Hermann Minkowski. First appears in print c. 1893 in the Philosophical Review.
Compound parts: space
time
Inflected forms:
form: spacetimes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: space-time
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: time-space
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: An event is a point in spacetime, specified by the coordinates x, y, z, and t.
gloss: An n-dimensional continuum consisting of dimensions of both space and time. Normally spacetime is considered as having 4 dimensions (x, y, z, t), but higher-dimensional spacetimes are often encountered in theoretical physics, e.g. the 5-dimensional spacetime of Kaluza-Klein theory or the 11 dimensions of spacetime in M-theory.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a Minkowski spacetime
a 5-dimensional spacetime
gloss: A specific region of the universe with mathematically different properties than the surrounding spacetime. Synonymous with "metric" within the context of general relativity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a Schwarzschild spacetime
a Reissner-Nordström spacetime
Related words: time-distance
Derived words: absolute space-time
cyberspacetime
prespacetime
spacetime metric
spacetime physics
spacetime singularity
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: ruimtetyd
lang: Albanian
word: hapësirë-koha
lang: Albanian
word: hapësirë-kohë
lang: Arabic
word: زَمَكَان
roman: zamakān
lang: Arabic
word: سپيس-تايم
roman: spēs-taym
lang: Armenian
word: տարածաժամանակային կոնտինուում
roman: taracažamanakayin kontinuum
lang: Armenian
word: տարածաժամանակ
roman: taracažamanak
lang: Asturian
word: espaciu-tiempu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: məkan-zaman
lang: Basque
word: espazio-denbora
lang: Belarusian
word: прасто́ра-час
roman: prastóra-čas
lang: Bengali
word: স্থান-কাল
roman: sthan-kal
lang: Bulgarian
word: простра́нство-вре́ме
roman: prostránstvo-vréme
lang: Burmese
word: အာကာသအချိန်
roman: akasa.a.hkyin
lang: Catalan
word: espai-temps
lang: Catalan
word: espaitemps
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 時空 /时空
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 時空 /时空
roman: shíkōng
lang: Chuvash
word: уҫлӑх-вӑхӑт
roman: uślăh-văh̬ăt
lang: Czech
word: časoprostor
lang: Danish
word: rumtid
lang: Dutch
word: ruimtetijd
lang: Dutch
word: ruimte-tijd
lang: Dutch
word: tijd-ruimte
lang: Dutch
word: tijdruimte
lang: Esperanto
word: spactempo
lang: Estonian
word: aegruum
lang: Finnish
word: aika-avaruus
lang: French
word: espace-temps
lang: West-Frisian
word: romtetiid
lang: Galician
word: espazo-tempo
lang: Georgian
word: სივრცე-დრო
roman: sivrce-dro
lang: German
word: Raumzeit
lang: Greek
word: χωροχρόνος
roman: chorochrónos
lang: Hebrew
word: מֶרְחָב־זְמַן
roman: merkháv-zmán
lang: Hindi
word: दिक्काल
roman: dikkāl
lang: Hindi
word: दिक्-काल
roman: dik-kāl
lang: Hungarian
word: téridő
lang: Icelandic
word: tímarúm
lang: Ido
word: spacotempo
lang: Indonesian
word: ruang waktu
lang: Interlingua
word: spatiotempore
lang: Irish
word: spás-am
lang: Italian
word: spaziotempo
lang: Italian
word: spaziotemporalità
lang: Japanese
word: 時空
roman: jikū
lang: Kazakh
word: уақыт-кеңістік
roman: uaqyt-keñıstık
lang: Kazakh
word: кеңістік-уақыт
roman: keñıstık-uaqyt
lang: Korean
word: 시공간
roman: sigonggan
lang: Korean
word: 시공
roman: sigong
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کاتجێ
roman: katcê
lang: Kyrgyz
word: мейкиндик-убакыт
roman: meykindik-ubakıt
lang: Lao
word: ເວລາອາວະກາດ
roman: wē lā ʼā wa kāt
lang: Latin
word: spatitempus
lang: Latvian
word: laiktelpa
lang: Lithuanian
word: erdvėlaikis
lang: Macedonian
word: време-простор
roman: vreme-prostor
lang: Malay
word: ruang-masa
lang: Malayalam
word: സ്ഥലകാലം
roman: sthalakālaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: സ്ഥൂലകാലത
roman: sthūlakālata
lang: Marathi
word: अवकाशकाल
roman: avkāśkāl
lang: Marathi
word: काल-अवकाश
roman: kāl-avkāś
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: romtid
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tidrom
lang: Occitan
word: espacitemps
lang: Pashto
word: تشيال وخت
lang: Iranian Persian
word: فَضازَمان
roman: fazâzamân
lang: Polish
word: czasoprzestrzeń
lang: Portuguese
word: espaço-tempo
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸਪੇਸਟਾਈਮ
roman: sapesṭāīma
lang: Punjabi
word: سپیس ٹائیم
roman: spes ṭā'īm
lang: Quechua
word: pacha
lang: Romanian
word: spațiu-timp
lang: Russian
word: простра́нство-вре́мя
roman: prostránstvo-vrémja
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: spàs-àm
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: просторвријеме
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: просторвреме
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prostorvrijeme
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prostorvreme
lang: Sinhalese
word: අවකාශ කාලය
roman: awakāśa kālaya
lang: Slovak
word: priestoročas
lang: Slovak
word: časopriestor
lang: Slovene
word: prôstor-čàs
lang: Spanish
word: espacio-tiempo
lang: Swedish
word: rumtid
lang: Tagalog
word: espasyo-panahon
lang: Tajik
word: фазо-замон
roman: fazo-zamon
lang: Tamil
word: வெளிநேரம்
roman: veḷinēram
lang: Tatar
word: фәза-вакыт
roman: fäza-waqıt
lang: Thai
word: กาล-อวกาศ
lang: Thai
word: ปริภูมิ-เวลา
lang: Turkish
word: uzayzaman
lang: Ukrainian
word: про́стір-час
roman: próstir-čas
lang: Urdu
word: زَمان و مَکاں
roman: zamān o makā̃
lang: Urdu
word: زَمان و مَکان
roman: zamān o makān
lang: Uyghur
word: ۋاقىت-ماكان
roman: waqit-makan
lang: Uzbek
word: fazo-vaqt
lang: Venetan
word: spàçiotenpo
lang: Vietnamese
word: không-thời gian
lang: Welsh
word: gofod-amser