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null vector [′nəl ′vek·tər]

(mathematics)

A vector whose invariant length, that is, the sum over the coordinates of the vector space of the product of its covariant component and contravariant component, is equal to zero.

(relativity)

In special relativity, a four vector whose spatial part in any Lorentz frame has a magnitude equal to the speed of light multiplied by its time part in that frame; a special case of the mathematics definition.

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