| 释义 |
time-ˈspace, n. and adj. phr.
[f. time n. + space n.1]
A. n. = space-time n.
1916[see metric a.1 2]. 1942E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 86 Metaphysical war, war in time-space, war eternal..all war is nonsense. 1978Church Times 15 Dec. 6/5 Using the discoveries of Einstein concerning the nature of time-space, Professor Macquarrie sketches in a theory of both individual and cosmic hope which depends upon the idea that God occupies every point in space-time.
B. adj. phr. = space-time adj. phr.
1951N. M. Gunn Well at World's End xxviii. 264 Giving and receiving are aspects of the same thing; as time and space are aspects of the one time-space continuum, according to the latest mode of scientific utterance. 1961G. Clark World Prehistory 4 It is important to avoid European or other regional bias, yet it would be pointless to try and achieve a kind of time-space parity for its own sake. 1968D. L. Clarke Analytical Archaeol. viii. 327 Strongly localized and smaller time-space entities..by contrast suggest culture group transforms in time depth. 1977Brit. Med. Bull. XXVII. 20/1 One of the most interesting features has been the recognition in some areas of time-space clusters. |