English Explanatory Dictionary

light cone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In special relativity, the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This is modeled in 3-space using the two horizontal axes as spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time.
  2. A (realized or imagined) data visualization of possible sets of future outcomes that is analogous to such a cone.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see light, cone.

Word forms

light cone light cones lightcone
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