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mostly plus

mostly plus adjective: in general relativity, describing the convention in which the metric tensor has a signature of (-,+,+,+).

Adjective

mostly plus (not comparable)

  1. in general relativity, describing the convention in which the metric tensor has a signature of (-,+,+,+).
    • ... two possible choices for the spacetime metric (either the mostly minus metric used in these lectures or the mostly plus metric), ...2018, Essig Rouven, Low Ian, Anticipating the Next Discoveries in Particle Physics: TASI 2016Proceedings of 2016 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics, World Scientific...
    • I allow myself to be inconsistent in using the “mostly plus” metric in some contexts, but tried to emphasize this deviation properly.2014, Kurt Sundermeyer, Symmetries in Fundamental Physics, Springer, →ISBN, page 77
    Antonyms:
    mostly minus

Antonyms of mostly plus

  • mostly minus

Questions about mostly plus

What does mostly plus mean?
Mostly plus means in general relativity, describing the convention in which the metric tensor has a signature of (-,+,+,+).
What part of speech is mostly plus?
Mostly plus is an adjective.

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