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Meaning of light cone

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

light cone

noun

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  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.

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