timelike

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled time-like

US /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪk/ UK /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
relating to a spacetime interval that can connect events by a signal slower than light

The path of a massive particle is timelike rather than spacelike.

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to a spacetime... time-like

Opposites

spacelike

Word family

Related forms spacetimerelativity interval

Etymology

Compound of time + -like; common in relativity.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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