twistors

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A form of twistor — Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, twistor space, with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of twistor
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