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timelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
time-like
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively.

adj

(of the interval between two events in spacetime) Having overlapping light cones, so that information can pass from one to the other, and one can be envisaged as a cause of the other.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English timelike From time + -like.

Inflected Forms

more timelike (comparative) most timelike (superlative) time-like (alternative)

Derived Forms

timelikeness

Phrases

closed timelike curve future directed timelike vector past directed timelike vector timelike component timelike congruence timelike path timelike vector field

Frequently Paired Words

lightlike spacelike

Questions

What does timelike mean?
Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively.
Where does timelike come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English timelike From time + -like.

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