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World line

The world line (or worldline) of an object is the path that an object traces in 4-dimensional spacetime. It is an important concept of modern physics, and particularly theoretical physics.

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Usage in physics

World lines as a method of describing events

World lines in special relativity

World lines in general relativity

World lines in quantum field theory

World lines in literature

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World line

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples67
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
Components1

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World line

Top relations

related to Simultaneous hyperplane · 10
World line → Coulomb's, For, Indeed, Let, Minkowski, Since, The, Then, This, When
related to World lines in general relativity · 10
World line → Again, Also, Any, Eddington-Finkelstein, Einstein, However, See, Sun, The, World
related to World lines in literature · 9
World line → As, Fields, He, Hinton, In, Norman Robertson, Toronto, University, What
related to Usage in physics · 6
World line → Below, Each, Earth, For, However, The
related to World lines as a method of describing events · 6
World line → Each, More, One, So, Sometimes, This
related to External links · 5
World line → April, Archived, In-depth, Wayback Machine, World
related to Tangent vector to a world line: four-velocity · 5
World line → Delta, In, It, The, Without
related to World lines in quantum field theory · 5
World line → Feynman, However, Quantum, The, This
related to World lines in special relativity · 5
World line → In, Minkowski, So, The, World
is a · 3
World line → curve in spacetime that traces out the, event that can be labeled with the time and the spatial position of the object at that time.For example, special type of curve in spacetime

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Important terminology

world spacetime line space lines point time curves relativity light curve coordinate events special event displaystyle one observer may two

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World lineis aspecial type of curve in spacetime0.90text
World lineis aevent that can be labeled with the time and the spatial position of the object at that time.For example0.90text
World lineis acurve in spacetime that traces out the0.90text
aninstance ofis distinguished from concepts0.80text
World linerelated to External linksWorld0.60section
World linerelated to External linksIn-depth0.60section
World linerelated to External linksArchived0.60section
World linerelated to External linksApril0.60section
World linerelated to External linksWayback Machine0.60section
World linerelated to Simultaneous hyperplaneSince0.60section
World linerelated to Simultaneous hyperplaneMinkowski0.60section
World linerelated to Simultaneous hyperplaneLet0.60section

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