Meanings
adjectivespacelike (not comparable)
alternative space-like
- not comparablehaving the properties of space
- not comparablenatural scienceslying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other
- not comparablemathematicshaving a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light
Origin
From space + -like. Compare spacely.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German raumartig, raumartig
- raumartighaving the properties of space
- raumartigmathematics, of a four-vector
- raumartigphysics, of the interval between two events in spacetime
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spacelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacelike
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