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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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.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Scientists in Wales have built the world’s most sensitive table-top interferometer, which is a miniature, ultra-precise instrument capable of measuring distortions in space-time smaller than a trillionth of a human hair.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Peering into deep space, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find places to study gravitational lensing, an effect in which massive objects such as galaxies warp space-time itself, bending and distorting the light of even more distant galaxies behind them.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The story is about a technologically superior faction obsessed with developing a single, revolutionary new weapon, a complex space-time bender.
—Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Scientists in Wales have built the world’s most sensitive table-top interferometer, which is a miniature, ultra-precise instrument capable of measuring distortions in space-time smaller than a trillionth of a human hair.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Peering into deep space, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find places to study gravitational lensing, an effect in which massive objects such as galaxies warp space-time itself, bending and distorting the light of even more distant galaxies behind them.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The story is about a technologically superior faction obsessed with developing a single, revolutionary new weapon, a complex space-time bender.
—Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Space-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space-time. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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