spacelike
adj/ˈspeɪslaɪk/
Etymology From space + -like. Compare spacely.
1
having the properties of space
2
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics lying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other
Of the interval between two events in spacetime
3
Mathematics, Sciences Of a four-vector having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light
- Derived terms
- nonspacelike, spacelikeness