English Explanatory Dictionary

de Sitter space

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Lorentzian manifold in Minkowski space which is the analogue of the sphere in ordinary Euclidean space.

Word forms

de Sitter space de Sitter spaces

Etymology

Named after Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), professor of astronomy.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary