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spacelike vector

spacelike vector

[′spās¦līk ′vek·tər]
(relativity)
A four vector in Minkowski space whose space component has a magnitude which is greater than the magnitude of its time component multiplied by the speed of light.
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can be a spacelike vector field or a null vector field.
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Hence, we have orthonormal Sabban frame {[alpha](s), T(s), [xi](s)} along the curve [alpha], where [xi](s) = [alpha](s)xT(s) is the unit spacelike vector. The corresponding Frenet formulae of [alpha], according to the Sabban frame, read
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