spacelike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

having the properties of space
lying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other
having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light

/ˈspeɪslaɪk/

spacelike space-like

From space + -like. Compare spacely.

lightlike timelike

nonspacelike spacelikeness

German: raumartig

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