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What is the difference between spacetime and singularity?

spacetime | singularity |

In context|physics|lang=en terms the difference between spacetime and singularity

is that spacetime is (physics) an n''-dimensional continuum consisting of dimensions of both space & time normally spacetime is considered as having 4 dimensions (''x'', ''y'', ''z'', ''t ), but higher-dimensional spacetimes are often encountered in theoretical physics, eg the 5-dimensional spacetime of kaluza-klein theory or the 11 dimensions of spacetime in m-theory while singularity is (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes.

As nouns the difference between spacetime and singularity

is that spacetime is (uncountable|physics) the four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time while singularity is the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.

spacetime

Noun

  • (uncountable, physics) The four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time.
  • An event is a point in spacetime , specified by the coordinates x,y,z and t.
  • (physics) An n''-dimensional continuum consisting of dimensions of both space & time. Normally spacetime is considered as having 4 dimensions (''x'', ''y'', ''z'', ''t ), but higher-dimensional spacetimes are often encountered in theoretical physics, e.g. the 5-dimensional spacetime of Kaluza-Klein theory or the 11 dimensions of spacetime in M-theory.
  • (relativity) A specific region of the universe with mathematically different properties than the surrounding spacetime. Synonymous with "metric" within the context of general relativity.
  • "a Schwarzschild spacetime," "a Reissner-Nordström spacetime," etc. as opposed to sense (2) describing the universe's spacetime as a whole: "a Minkowski spacetime," "a 5-dimensional spacetime," etc.

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    singularity

    English

    Noun

  • the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual
  • * Addison
  • I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
  • Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.
  • a point where all parallel lines meet
  • a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value
  • (mathematics) the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist
  • (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes
  • A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
  • (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content / In many singularities .
  • (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
  • * Hooker
  • No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop].
  • * Bishop Pearson
  • Catholicism must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation.
  • (obsolete) celibacy
  • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Derived terms

    * nonsingularity * naked singularity