Twistor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Twistor is a noun meaning (mathematics, physics) Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, twistor space, with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.
Meaning
(mathematics, physics) Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, twistor space, with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.
Example Sentences
Meronym: spinor
Holonym: amplituhedron
Word Forms
- twistors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include twistorian, hypertwistor, supertwistor, ambitwistor, hypertorus, tessarine.
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