vierbein

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English

Etymology

From German vierbeinig (four-legged).

Noun

vierbein (plural vierbeins)

  1. (physics) Synonym of tetrad
    • 2015, F. T. Falciano, G. Sadovski, R. F. Sobreiro, A. A. Tomaz, “Cosmology from a gauge induced gravity”, in arXiv:
      As a consequence, the algebra is deformed into a Lorentz algebra with the emergency of the local Lorentz symmetries and the gauge fields being identified with a vierbein and a spin connection.