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<div>In [[special relativity]], the '''spacetime metric''', also called the '''Minkowski metric'''', is the [[metric tensor]] that describes the [[line element]] in [[Minkowski spacetime]]. <br />
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==The metric==<br />
The metric can be described by the following line element:<br />
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<math>ds^2=c^2dt^2-(dx^1)^2-(dx^2)^2-(dx^3)^2</math><br />
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In units where the [[speed of light]], <math>c</math>, is one, then the metric in [[matrix]] form is<br />
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<math>diag(1,-1,-1,-1)</math><br />
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