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    In physics, spacetime is a mathematical model that fuses the three dimensions of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional continuum...
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    A spacetime diagram is a graphical illustration of locations in space at various times, especially in the special theory of relativity. Spacetime diagrams...
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  • geometric property of space and time or four-dimensional spacetime. In particular, the curvature of spacetime is directly related to the energy and momentum of...
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  • Wormhole (redirect from Spacetime shortcut)
    A wormhole is a hypothetical structure connecting disparate points in spacetime, and is based on a special solution of the Einstein field equations. A...
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    In mathematical physics, Minkowski space (or Minkowski spacetime) (/mɪŋˈkɔːfski, -ˈkɒf-/) combines inertial space and time manifolds with a non-inertial...
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  • Look up spacetime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spacetime is a mathematical model in mathematics and physics. Spacetime, space-time, space time...
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  • Quantum foam (redirect from Spacetime foam)
    Quantum foam or spacetime foam is a theoretical quantum fluctuation of spacetime on very small scales due to quantum mechanics. The theory predicts that...
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    gravitational singularity, spacetime singularity or simply singularity is a condition in which gravity is predicted to be so intense that spacetime itself would break...
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    gravity as curvature of spacetime: in the slogan of John Archibald Wheeler, "Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve." On the...
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  • related the local spacetime curvature (expressed by the Einstein tensor) with the local energy, momentum and stress within that spacetime (expressed by the...
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    Hermann Minkowski's papers on spacetime. The theory is "special" in that it only applies in the special case where the spacetime is "flat", that is, where...
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  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 American science documentary television series. The show is a follow-up to the 1980 television series Cosmos: A...
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  • consequence of the geometry of spacetime. In spite of the fact that the universe is well described by four-dimensional spacetime, there are several reasons...
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    Spacetime topology is the topological structure of spacetime, a topic studied primarily in general relativity. This physical theory models gravitation...
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  • study. The metric captures all the geometric and causal structure of spacetime, being used to define notions such as time, distance, volume, curvature...
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  • mathematical physics, the concept of quantum spacetime is a generalization of the usual concept of spacetime in which some variables that ordinarily commute...
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  • relativity, a spacetime is said to be static if it does not change over time and is also irrotational. It is a special case of a stationary spacetime, which...
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  • primarily by Isaac Newton. It introduced concepts including 4-dimensional spacetime as a unified entity of space and time, relativity of simultaneity, kinematic...
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    A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light and other electromagnetic waves, is capable of possessing...
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    considers the geometry of a unified spacetime instead of considering space and time separately. The cases of spacetime of constant curvature are de Sitter...
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    1915, which describes gravity not as a force, but as the curvature of spacetime, caused by the uneven distribution of mass, and causing masses to move...
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  • Spacetime symmetries are features of spacetime that can be described as exhibiting some form of symmetry. The role of symmetry in physics is important...
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  • SpaceTime is a role-playing game published by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center in 1988. SpaceTime is a cyberpunk system, fully compatible with Timelords...
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    it, such as a rotating black hole. Traveling to an arbitrary point in spacetime has very limited support in theoretical physics, and is usually connected...
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    Space (category Spacetime)
    with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to...
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    field theory in curved spacetime (QFTCS) is an extension of quantum field theory from Minkowski spacetime to a general curved spacetime. This theory uses a...
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    Universe (section Spacetime)
    only the spacetime of special relativity, Minkowski spacetime, but also Schwarzschild spacetimes, which describe black holes; FLRW spacetime, which describes...
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  • Lemaître–Tolman spacetime pp-wave spacetime Alcubierre spacetime Einstein static universe spacetime Ellis wormhole spacetime Gödel spacetime Taub–NUT spacetime Kasner...
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    different points in spacetime through a conformal treatment of infinity. It is an extension (suitable for the curved spacetimes of e.g. general relativity)...
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  • density of the dust grains, but this spacetime is an important pedagogical example. Like any other Lorentzian spacetime, the Gödel solution represents the...
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