ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lightlike

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Lightlike is an adjective meaning (mathematics) (of a four-vector) Having a space component whose magnitude is equal to its time component multiplied by the speed of light.

Meaning

(mathematics) (of a four-vector) Having a space component whose magnitude is equal to its time component multiplied by the speed of light.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spacelike, lumic, luminal, four-dimensional, relativistic, luxonic.

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