anti-de Sitter space

noun

A Lorentzian manifold in Minkowski space which is the analogue of a hyperbola in ordinary Euclidean space.

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Meanings

nounanti-de Sitter space (plural anti-de Sitter spaces)

plural anti-de Sitter spaces

  1. A Lorentzian manifold in Minkowski space which is the analogue of a hyperbola in ordinary Euclidean space.
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