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worldline

Physics.
  1. (in relativity) the path of a particle in space-time.
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Origin of worldline

First recorded in 1915–20
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Historical Examples of world-line

  • The time dimension and the world-line, he said sharply, excited in spite of himself.

    Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931

    Various

  • Revolving in the time dimension means telescoping in the world-line.

British Dictionary definitions for world-line

world-line

noun
  1. physics a line on a space–time path that shows the path of a body
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