Spacelike

Quick meaning: Spacelike is an adjective meaning having the properties of space.

Meaning

having the properties of space.

More Meanings

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

Word Forms

• space-like

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hypersurface, spacely, spatial, spacy, spatiotemporal, temporospatial.

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