space/time continuum

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space/time continuum

Postby papernuke » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:12 pm

whats the space/time continuum?
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Re: space/time continuum

Postby Hugh » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:45 pm

Icon wrote:whats the space/time continuum?

From Wikipedia; "In physics, spacetime is a mathematical model that combines three-dimensional space and one-dimensional time into a single construct called the space-time continuum, in which time plays the role of the 4th dimension."

Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_time_continuum.
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