world-line

British

noun

physics a line on a space–time path that shows the path of a body

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Revolving in the time dimension means telescoping in the world-line….

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various

I shall have to replace you immediately in your normal world-line, for your absence would constitute as noticeable a flaw as that of the planet.

From Freudian Slip by Abel, Franklin

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