spacetime metric

English

Noun

spacetime metric (plural spacetime metrics)

  1. (physics, relativity) A mathematical tool used in the theory of relativity to describe the curvature of space and time.
  2. (astrophysics) Any method used to measure the geometry of the universe.
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