Meanings
nounPenrose diagram (plural Penrose diagrams)
plural Penrose diagrams
- natural sciencesa two-dimensional diagram capturing the causal relations between different points in spacetime
Synonyms: Carter-Penrose diagram
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna two-dimensional diagram capturing the causal relations between different points in spacetime
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From Penrose + diagram. Named after English mathematician Roger Penrose (1931–) who created the diagram method.
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