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Minkowski spacetime

Minkowski spacetime noun: a geometrically flat spacetime, i.e. one with zero curvature.

Noun

Minkowski spacetime (plural Minkowski spacetimes)

  1. (relativity) A geometrically flat spacetime, i.e. one with zero curvature.

Forms of Minkowski spacetime

pluralMinkowski spacetimes

Origin of Minkowski spacetime

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

Questions about Minkowski spacetime

What does Minkowski spacetime mean?
Minkowski spacetime means a geometrically flat spacetime, i.e. one with zero curvature.
What part of speech is Minkowski spacetime?
Minkowski spacetime is a noun.
What is the plural of Minkowski spacetime?
The plural of Minkowski spacetime is Minkowski spacetimes.

Words near Minkowski spacetime in the dictionary

  1. Minkowski functional
  2. Minkowski functionals
  3. Minkowski inequality
  4. Minkowski space
  5. Minkowski spaces
  6. Minkowski spacetime
  7. Minkowski spacetimes
  8. Minkowski's Butterfly
  9. Minkowski's Object
  10. Minkowski's question mark function
  11. Minkowski-Bouligand dimension

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