"space-time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: space-times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} space-time (countable and uncountable, plural space-times)
  1. (physics) Alternative form of spacetime Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: spacetime Categories (topical): Physics, Relativity

Inflected forms

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