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IEVref:113-07-28ID:
Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: squared space-time distance
Synonym1: squared space-time interval
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Symbol: s2AB
Definition: squared four-magnitude of a displacement four-vector

Note 1 to entry: For events A, B, with position four-vectors {jc0tA,xA,yA,zA} and {jc0tB,xB,yB,zB} respectively, squared space-time distance is s2AB=c20(tBtA)2+(xBxA)2+(yByA)2+(zBzA)2.

Note 2 to entry: The coherent SI unit of squared space-time distance is metre squared, m2.


Publication date:2022-06
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