What does "spatiotemporal" mean?

Of, concerning, or existing in both space and time.

What is a synonym for "spatiotemporal"?

Common synonyms include: chronospatial, chronospatial, cubic, cubical, flat, geotemporal.

Spatiotemporal

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of, concerning, or existing in both space and time.
"Physical existence, thus, is essentially spatiotemporal ubiety; and that which has or lacks ubiety, that is, is or is not present at some place in space at some time, is always some what or kind—which may be a kind of substance, or of property, or of relation, or of activity, or of change, or of state, and so on."
2
Of or concerning spacetime.

Adjective

1
existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration wordnet
2
of or relating to space and time together (having both spatial extension and temporal duration) wordnet

Synonyms

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chronospatial chronospatial cubic cubical flat geotemporal

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"Physical existence, thus, is essentially spatiotemporal ubiety; and that which has or lacks ubiety, that is, is or is not present at some place in space at some time, is always some what or kind—which may be a kind of substance, or of property, or of relation, or of activity, or of change, or of state, and so on."

Etymology

From spatio- + temporal.

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