space-time
noun
ˈspās-ˈtīm 
ˈspās-ˌtīm
1
: a system of one temporal and three spatial coordinates by which any physical object or event can be located
called also space-time continuum
2
: the whole or a portion of physical reality determinable by a usually four-dimensional coordinate system
also
: the properties characteristic of such an order
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Designed to play like a space-time continuum flattening jukebox, the album’s tracks weave in dialogue from The NeverEnding Story and Scarface along with samples from Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, which are all nestled among the psychedelic bass music.
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
This seemingly unexplainable space-time-continuum confusion is also tied into the characters themselves.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
In his general theory of relativity, Einstein described space-time as a four-dimensional manifold, and gravity as that manifold’s curvature.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
As first predicted by Albert Einstein, gravitational lensing occurs when a massive celestial body causes a sufficient curvature of space-time for the path of light around it to be visibly bent, as if by a lens.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
This seemingly unexplainable space-time-continuum confusion is also tied into the characters themselves.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
In his general theory of relativity, Einstein described space-time as a four-dimensional manifold, and gravity as that manifold’s curvature.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
As first predicted by Albert Einstein, gravitational lensing occurs when a massive celestial body causes a sufficient curvature of space-time for the path of light around it to be visibly bent, as if by a lens.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Space-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space-time. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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