absolute space

noun

Physics.

1. space that is not affected by what occupies it or occurs within it and that provides a standard for distinguishing inertial systems from other frames of reference.

Word History and Origins

Origin of absolute space¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

However, these models hinged on access to privileged information about absolute space at all times -- information that the animal does not have.

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“We had to adjust some notions of what we thought was absolute. There was absolute space and time for Newton,” Venkatesh says.

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Thus, Newton opined that motion is ultimately defined as change of position with respect to absolute space.

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“I have never written a novel that just sort of springs from the head of Zeus, from an absolute space of fiction,” Luiselli said.

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Next, Albert Einstein demolished Newtonian notions of absolute space and time.

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