"closed timelike curve" meaning in All languages combined

See closed timelike curve on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: closed timelike curves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} closed timelike curve (plural closed timelike curves)
  1. (physics) A worldline that returns to its starting point. Wikipedia link: closed timelike curve Categories (topical): Physics, Relativity, Time, Time travel
    Sense id: en-closed_timelike_curve-en-noun-SXwFsXwE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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