English Explanatory Dictionary

Penrose diagram

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a two-dimensional diagram capturing the causal relations between different points in spacetime

Word forms

Penrose diagram Penrose diagrams

Etymology

From Penrose + diagram. From Roger Penrose the physicist who created the diagram method.

Synonyms

Carter-Penrose diagram
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