world point

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noun Physics.

(in relativity) a point in space-time, specified by three space coordinates and a time coordinate.Compare event (def. 4).

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Origin of world point

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby world point

worldling, worldly, worldly-minded, worldly-wise, world music, world point, world power, world premiere, world process, world-renowned, World Savior

How to use world point in a sentence

The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
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The world that Black Dynamite lives in is not the most PC place to be in.
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Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!
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Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.
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Allegations of transphobia are not new in the world of gay online dating.
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Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
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All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
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This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
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There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells