mostly plus

in general relativity, describing the convention in which the metric tensor has a signature of (-,+,+,+).

Adjective

  1. in general relativity, describing the convention in which the metric tensor has a signature of (-,+,+,+).
    • ... two possible choices for the spacetime metric (either the mostly minus metric used in these lectures or the mostly plus metric), ... - 2018, Essig Rouven, Low Ian, Anticipating the Next Discoveries in Particle...
    • I allow myself to be inconsistent in using the “mostly plus” metric in some contexts, but tried to emphasize this deviation properly. - 2014, Kurt Sundermeyer, Symmetries in Fundamental Physics, Springer, →ISBN, page 77:
    • We use the mostly plus convention wherein at any space time point a locally inertial frame can be found in which g#95;#123;MN#125;#61;#92;eta#95;#123;MN#125;#92;equiv(-1,#43;1,#92;dots,#43;1). - 2006, Dmitri Kazakov, G....

    Antonyms: mostly minus