# Minkowski diagram

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A kind of spacetime diagram in the form of a two-dimensional graph depicting events as happening in a universe consisting of one space dimension (horizontal axis) and one time dimension (vertical axis).

## Etymology
Developed by Hermann Minkowski in 1908.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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