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h minkowski
Min·kow·ski
/
mɪŋˈkɔf
ski, -ˈkɒf-
/
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[
ming-
kawf
-skee, -
kof
-
]
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noun
Her·mann
/
ˈhɜr
mən
;
German
ˈhɛr
mɑn
/
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[
hur
-m
uh
n
;
German
he
r
-mahn
]
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,
1864–1909,
German mathematician.
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Minkowski
(mɪŋˈkɒfskɪ)
—
n
Hermann
(ˈhɜːmən). 1864--1909, German mathematician, born in Russia. His concept of a four-dimensional space-time continuum (1907) proved crucial for the general theory of relativity developed by Einstein
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