💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Twistor"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| twistoriannoun | (mathematics) A mathematician who specializes in twistor theory. |
| hypertwistornoun | (physics) A multidimensional generalization of a twistor. |
| supertwistornoun | (mathematics, physics) A supersymmetric extension of twistors, having n degrees of freedom (where n is the number of supersymmetries) in addition to those of a standard twistor. |
| ambitwistornoun | (mathematics, physics) A form of complex null geodesic |
| hypertorusnoun | (by restriction) A four-dimensional equivalent of a torus. |
| tessarinenoun | (mathematics) A hypercomplex number of the form t=w+xi+yj+zk, w,x,y,z∈ℝ where ij=ji=k, i²=-1, j²=+1. |
| multitwistnoun | Multiple twists that occur together. |
| four-vectornoun | (mathematics) A vector in four-dimensional vector space, especially one having three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension. |
| intertwinernoun | (mathematics) A mapping between two equivariant maps |
| torsionnoun | The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction. |
| tetradnoun | A group of four things. |
| minkowski spacenoun | (mathematics, physics) A four-dimensional real vector space equipped with an inner product of signature (−,+,+,+) or (+,−,−,−), in which special relativity is formulated |
| solid torusnoun | (topology) The topological space that is a Cartesian product of the two-dimensional disk and the circle. |
| tesseractnoun | (mathematics, geometry) The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D polytope bounded by eight cubes (analogously to the way a cube is bounded by six squares). |
| twist morphismnoun | (category theory) An isomorphism between a pair of products which have the same components but in swapped order, which isomorphism commutes with the two associated product diagrams. |
| transversalitynoun | The quality of connecting or representing a range of heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc). |
| teichmüller spacenoun | (geometry) A space T(S) assigned to a (real) topological (or differential) surface S: it parameterizes complex structures on S up to the action of homeomorphisms that are isotopic to the identity homeomorphism. |
| coquaternionnoun | (mathematics) Any of a group of elements of a type of four-dimensional vector space |
| slice knotnoun | (mathematics) A mathematical knot in three-dimensional space that bounds a disc in four-dimensional space. |
| tensornoun | (mathematics, linear algebra, physics) A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other algebraic objects, and is represented as a multidimensional array. |
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