world line

See also: worldline

English

Noun

world line (plural world lines)

(physics) A path in spacetime, especially that traversed by an elementary particle from its creation to its destruction.

Translations

path in spacetime

Chinese:
Mandarin: 世界線／世界线 (zh) (shìjièxiàn)
French: ligne d’univers (fr) f
German: Weltlinie f
Japanese: 世界線 (sekaisen)

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