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In general relativity, specifically in the Einstein field equations, a spacetime is said to be stationary if it admits a Killing vector that is asymptotically timelike.[1]

  1. ^ Ludvigsen, M., General Relativity: A Geometric Approach, Cambridge University Press, 1999 ISBN 052163976X

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