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Minkowski diagram

Minkowski diagram noun: a kind of spacetime diagram in the form of a two-dimensional graph depicting events as happening in a universe consisting of one space dimension (horizontal axis) and one time dimension (vertical axis).

Noun

Minkowski diagram (plural Minkowski diagrams)

  1. A kind of spacetime diagram in the form of a two-dimensional graph depicting events as happening in a universe consisting of one space dimension (horizontal axis) and one time dimension (vertical axis).

Forms of Minkowski diagram

pluralMinkowski diagrams

Origin of Minkowski diagram

Developed by Hermann Minkowski in 1908.

Questions about Minkowski diagram

What does Minkowski diagram mean?
Minkowski diagram means a kind of spacetime diagram in the form of a two-dimensional graph depicting events as happening in a universe consisting of one space dimension (horizontal axis) and one time dimension (vertical axis).
What part of speech is Minkowski diagram?
Minkowski diagram is a noun.
What is the plural of Minkowski diagram?
The plural of Minkowski diagram is Minkowski diagrams.

Words near Minkowski diagram in the dictionary

  1. Minkoff
  2. Minkoffs
  3. Minkopi
  4. Minkopis
  5. Minkowski
  6. Minkowski diagram
  7. Minkowski diagrams
  8. Minkowski dimension
  9. Minkowski dimensions
  10. Minkowski functional
  11. Minkowski functionals

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