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• Minkowski space — A diagram of Minkowski space, showing only two of the three spacelike dimensions. For spacetime graphics, see Minkowski diagram. In physics and mathematics, Minkowski space or Minkowski spacetime (named after the mathematician Hermann Minkowski)… …   Wikipedia

• space-time — /spays tuym /, n. 1. Also called space time continuum. the four dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located. 2. the physical reality that exists within this… …   Universalium

• Space — is the extent within which matter is physically extended and objects and events have positions relative to one another [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9068962/space Britannica Online Encyclopedia: Space] ] . Physical space is often… …   Wikipedia

• Minkowski-Welt — Der Minkowski Raum, benannt nach Hermann Minkowski, ist ein vierdimensionaler Raum, in dem sich die Relativitätstheorie elegant formulieren lässt. Minkowski führte ihn im Jahre 1907 zur Beschreibung der speziellen Relativitätstheorie ein. Er wird …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Minkowski-Raum — Der Minkowski Raum, benannt nach Hermann Minkowski, ist ein vierdimensionaler Raum, in dem sich die Relativitätstheorie elegant formulieren lässt. Minkowski führte ihn im Jahre 1907 zur Beschreibung der speziellen Relativitätstheorie ein. Er wird …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• MINKOWSKI, HERMANN — (1864–1909), German mathematician. Minkowski, who was born in Alexoten, Lithuania, was taken to Koenigsberg, Germany, by his parents when he was eight years old. He held chairs of mathematics at Koenigsberg in 1895, Zurich in 1896, and in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Minkowski diagram — In the theory of relativity each observer assigns the event at A to a different time and location. The Minkowski diagram was developed in 1908 by Hermann Minkowski and provides an illustration of the properties of space and time in the special… …   Wikipedia

• Minkowski , Hermann — (1864–1909) Russian–German mathematician Minkowski was born at Alexotas in Russia to parents of German origin. In 1872 the family returned to Germany, settling in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). Minkowski studied alongside David Hilbert at the… …   Scientists

• Time — This article is about the measurement. For the magazine, see Time (magazine). For other uses, see Time (disambiguation). The flow of sand in an hourglass can be used to keep track of elapsed time. It also concretely represents the present as… …   Wikipedia

• Minkowski-Metrik — Die Raumzeit oder das Raum Zeit Kontinuum bezeichnet in der Relativitätstheorie die Vereinigung von Raum und Zeit in einer einheitlichen vierdimensionalen Struktur, in welcher die räumlichen und zeitlichen Koordinaten bei Transformationen in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Time in physics — In physics, the treatment of time is a central issue. It has been treated as a question of geometry. One can measure time and treat it as a geometrical dimension, such as length, and perform mathematical operations on it. It is a scalar quantity… …   Wikipedia