light cone

Betekenis (Engels)

1. In special relativity, the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This is modeled in 3-space using the two horizontal axes as spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see light, cone.

Sinonieme

pencil

📝

cone of light

light pencil

Vertalings

Lichtkegel

cône de lumière

cono di luce

cone de luz