Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction

noun

Etymology

Named after Hendrik Lorentz and George Francis FitzGerald.

Definitions

  1. The decrease in length of a moving object in the direction of motion, measurable only at…

    The decrease in length of a moving object in the direction of motion, measurable only at relativistic speeds.

The neighborhood

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