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noun through a light cone in 2D space plus a time dimension.]]
  1. (context, Physics): In special relativity, the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This is modeled in 3-space using the two horizontal axes as spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time.
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