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Minkowski spacetime

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A geometrically flat spacetime, i.e. one with zero curvature.

Word forms

Minkowski spacetime Minkowski spacetimes

Etymology

Named after German mathematician Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909).

Related words

light cone
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