timelike

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Synonyms: timeline, limelike, tidelike, tilelike, implike, gibelike, timelore, lifelike, homelike, viselike, tideline

Antonyms: timeline, limelike, tidelike, tilelike, implike, gibelike, timelore, lifelike, homelike, viselike, tideline

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|mathematics|physics}} Of a [[four-vector]] in representing a [[point]] in [[spacetime]], having a [[positive]] or [[negative]] [[four-vector norm]] for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively.
2. {{lb|en|physics}} (''of the interval between two events in spacetime'') Having overlapping [[light cone]]s, so that [[information]] can pass from one to the other, and one can be envisaged as a [[cause]] of the other.

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