"timelike" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more timelike [comparative], most timelike [superlative]
Etymology: From time + -like. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|time|like}} time + -like Head templates: {{en-adj}} timelike (comparative more timelike, superlative most timelike)
  1. (mathematics, physics) Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Physics Translations (mathematics, physics: of a four-vector): zeitartig (German)
    Sense id: en-timelike-en-adj-ItYIac58 Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics, physics: of a four-vector': 64 36
  2. (physics) (of the interval between two events in spacetime) Having overlapping light cones, so that information can pass from one to the other, and one can be envisaged as a cause of the other. Categories (topical): Physics, Relativity Translations (physics: of the interval between two events in spacetime): zeitartig (German)
    Sense id: en-timelike-en-adj-v99f5hwY Disambiguation of Relativity: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -like, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -like: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics: of the interval between two events in spacetime': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: time-like Derived forms: closed timelike curve, future directed timelike vector, past directed timelike vector, timelike component, timelike congruence, timelikeness, timelike path, timelike vector field Related terms: lightlike, spacelike

Alternative forms

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