Space

This article is about the general framework of distance and direction. For the space beyond
Earth's atmosphere, see Outer space. For the keyboard key, see Space bar. For other uses,
see Space (disambiguation).

A right-handed three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system used to indicate positions in space.

Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative
position and direction.[1] Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although
modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-
dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of
fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical universe. However, disagreement
continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities,
or part of a conceptual framework.
Debates concerning the nature, essence and the mode of existence of space date back to
antiquity; namely, to treatises like the Timaeus of Plato, or Socrates in his reflections on what the
Greeks called khôra (i.e. "space"), or in the Physics of Aristotle (Book IV, De