Minkowski diagram

noun

A kind of spacetime diagram in the form of a two-dimensional graph depicting events as happening in a universe consisting of one space dimension (horizontal axis) and one time dimension (vertical axis).

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Meanings

nounMinkowski diagram (plural Minkowski diagrams)

plural Minkowski diagrams

  1. natural sciencesA kind of spacetime diagram in the form of a two-dimensional graph depicting events as happening in a universe consisting of one space dimension (horizontal axis) and one time dimension (vertical axis).

Origin

Developed by Hermann Minkowski in 1908.

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