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Spacelike vs Nonspacelike - What's the difference?

spacelike | nonspacelike |

As adjectives the difference between spacelike and nonspacelike

is that spacelike is having the properties of space while nonspacelike is not spacelike.

spacelike

English

Alternative forms

* space-like

Adjective

(-)
  • having the properties of space
  • lying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other
  • having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light
  • See also

    * lightlike * timelike

    nonspacelike

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (physics) Not spacelike