Coordinate vs Twistor - What's the difference?
coordinate | twistor |
Of the same rank; equal.
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(mathematics, cartography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.
Something that is equal to another thing.
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To synchronize (activities).
To match (objects, especially clothes).
(mathematics, physics) Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory'', which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, ''twistor space , with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.
As nouns the difference between coordinate and twistor
is that coordinate is while twistor is (mathematics|physics) any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory'', which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, ''twistor space , with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.As a verb coordinate
is .As an adjective coordinate
is .coordinate
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* * co-ordinateAdjective
(-)- whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country