light cone

See also: lightcone

English

Noun

light cone (plural light cones)

A worldline through a light cone in 2D space plus a time dimension.

1. (physics): In special relativity, the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This is modeled in 3-space using the two horizontal axes as spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time.

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• German: Lichtkegel (de) m
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