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# How to pronounce "timelike" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/tɪmɛlæɪk/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ti·me·like**

## Meaning & Usage

### ADJECTIVE
- Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively.
- (of the interval between two events in spacetime) Having overlapping light cones, so that information can pass from one to the other, and one can be envisaged as a cause of the other.

### Example Sentences
- "but my timelike direction, it has a different sign."
- "So flux in the timelike direction-- what does it mean for a flux to be in the timelike direction, right?"

### Common Phrases
- timelike direction
- timelike killing

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "timelike" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "OK, it's connected to the fact-- so the fact that all of my spatial directions are sort of entered with the same sign, but my timelike direction, it has a different sign. It's connected to the fact that I can easily move left and right, front and back."
- **Watch at 27:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiHHz3sKDbY&t=1651s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "So flux in the timelike direction-- what does it mean for a flux to be in the timelike direction, right?"
- **Watch at 25:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9xaoGkyHwg&t=1502s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "All radial timelike trajectories,"
- **Watch at 35:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqF-7bjnzCU&t=2149s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "and indeed all timelike trajectories, not just the radial ones, all timelike trajectories"
- **Watch at 35:57**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqF-7bjnzCU&t=2157s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "But they are timelike, so they will have a little bit of a slope that points them inward."
- **Watch at 37:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqF-7bjnzCU&t=2231s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "So there is a timelike Killing vector."
- **Watch at 8:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uNWqE3LS1E&t=487s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "C has jumped and become a timelike coordinate omega which was this angular coordinate here"
- **Watch at 88:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv2-KPagCQs&t=5300s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "They still only involve one timelike dimension."
- **Watch at 33:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5uLcfs7pCI&t=2028s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "Everything I just said about timelike, lather, rinse, repeat, but replace time with space."
- **Watch at 32:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiHHz3sKDbY&t=1940s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "what I find is that the timelike component is 1 square root of 1 minus 2GM over r."
- **Watch at 9:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqF-7bjnzCU&t=593s)


## How to Pronounce "timelike"

- **Syllables**: ti · me · like
- **IPA**: `/tɪmɛlæɪk/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[tidelike](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tidelike), [ticlike](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/ticlike), [tideline](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tideline), [tierlike](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tierlike), [tigerlike](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tigerlike)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “timelike”?
“timelike” is pronounced /tɪmɛlæɪk/ (ti · me · like). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “timelike”?
“timelike” has 3 syllables: ti · me · like.

### What does “timelike” mean?
Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively.

### How can I hear “timelike” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “timelike” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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