worldline

American  

Physics.

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

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Etymology

Origin of worldline

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The car's position is a point within each instant, and those points join to form a worldline -- the full record of the car's position throughout the time interval, whose slope is the car's speed.

From Science Daily

A worldline is the record of every event that occurs throughout one's life.

From Science Daily

Sabadell, Worldline, Nexi and Fiserv declined to comment.

From Reuters

In a call, Chief Executive Gilles Grapinet told analysts he had never seen, in his ten years at the head of Worldline, so many banks, some significant ones among them, undertaking very deep strategic reviews of their payment activities.

From Reuters

Unions have also voiced grievances about BNL’s sale to Worldline of an 80% stake in its card payment processing business Axepta Italy.

From Reuters