Question about the relativity of time and space

AH020387

Is time relative to space, or space to time?!

HallsofIvy

No. To quote Einstein, "We live in a four dimensional space-time continuum"
The various dimensions do not affect one another just as the length of a piece of paper in the "x- direction" does not change its length in the "y-direction".

Maui

Quote by AH020387

Is time relative to space, or space to time?!

There is no space, there is only spacetime and spacetime is relative to the observer's frame of reference.

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HallsofIvy Recognitions: Gold Member Science Advisor Staff Emeritus	No. To quote Einstein, "We live in a four dimensional space-time continuum" The various dimensions do not affect one another just as the length of a piece of paper in the "x- direction" does not change its length in the "y-direction".