different between spacelike vs nonspacelike

spacelike

English

Alternative forms

  • space-like

Etymology

From space +? -like. Compare spacely.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?spe?sla?k/

Adjective

spacelike (not comparable)

  1. having the properties of space
  2. (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
  3. (mathematics, of a four-vector) having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light

Translations

See also

  • lightlike
  • timelike

Anagrams

  • peace silk, sea pickle

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nonspacelike

English

Etymology

non- +? spacelike

Adjective

nonspacelike (not comparable)

  1. (physics) Not spacelike

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