What Is Space

This section provides a quick introduction of space, which is a property of our universe that gives us a sense of the size of an object and the distance between two objects.

What Is Space? Space is a property of our universe that gives us a sense of the size of an object and the distance between two objects.

Space helps us to define the size of an object by measuring how much space the object occupies. A "larger" size object occupies more space. And a "smaller" size object occupies less space.

For example, if we put a mouse next to an elephant, we can see that the elephant occupies more space than the mouse. So we say that the mouse is "smaller" than the elephant.

Space - Smaller and Larger Sizes (icr.org)
Smaller and Larger Sizes

Space also helps us to define the distance between two objects by measuring how much space is there between the two objects. A "longer" distance means that there is more space between the two objects. A "shorter" distance means that there is less space between the two objects.

For example, if we look a pile of wind turbines, we can see that the distance between the first turbine and the second turbine is "shorter" than the distance between the first turbine and the third turbine.

Space - Shorter and Longer Distances (greenretreat.org)
Shorter and Longer Distances

Table of Contents

 About This Book

Introduction of Space

What Is Space

 What Is Distance

 Meter Based on Earth's Meridian

 Meter Based on Seconds Pendulum

 Meter Prefixes and Other Units

 List of Various Distances and Lengths

 Introduction of Frame of Reference

 Introduction of Time

 Introduction of Speed

 Newton's Laws of Motion

 Introduction of Special Relativity

 Time Dilation in Special Relativity

 Length Contraction in Special Relativity

 The Relativity of Simultaneity

 Introduction of Spacetime

 Minkowski Spacetime and Diagrams

 Introduction of Hamiltonian

 Introduction of Lagrangian

 Introduction of Generalized Coordinates

 Phase Space and Phase Portrait

 References

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