English Explanatory Dictionary

lightlike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

lightlike more lightlike most lightlike

Etymology

From light + -like.

Related words

spacelike timelike
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