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adj
Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively.
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Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
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adj
(of the interval between two events in spacetime) Having overlapping light cones, so that information can pass from one to the other, and one can be envisaged as a cause of the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh2y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh2i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English timelike From time + -like.
Across languages
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