Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor

proper noun

A stress–energy–momentum pseudotensor for combined matter (including photons and neutrinos) plus gravity, allowing the energy–momentum conservation laws to be extended into general relativity.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor
  1. natural sciencesA stress–energy–momentum pseudotensor for combined matter (including photons and neutrinos) plus gravity, allowing the energy–momentum conservation laws to be extended into general relativity.

Origin

Named after Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz.

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Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Landau-Lifshitz%20pseudotensor

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