spacelike
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See also: space-like
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From space + -like. Compare spacely.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
spacelike (not comparable)
- having the properties of space
- (physics, of the interval between two events in spacetime) lying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other
- (mathematics, of a four-vector) having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light
Translations[edit]
having the properties of space
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physics, of the interval between two events in spacetime
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mathematics, of a four-vector
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