light cone

== English == === Alternative forms === lightcone === Noun === light cone (plural light cones) (relativity) In special relativity, the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This is modeled in 3-space using the two horizontal axes as spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time. (by extension, figurative) A (realized or imagined) data visualization of possible sets of future outcomes that is analogous to such a cone. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see light,‎ cone. ==== Translations ====