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Born rigidity

Born rigidity noun: a concept in special relativity that corresponds to the rigid body of nonrelativistic classical mechanics. It is satisfied if the orthogonal spacetime distance between infinitesimally separated curves or world lines is constant.

Noun

Born rigidity (uncountable)

  1. (quantum mechanics) A concept in special relativity that corresponds to the rigid body of nonrelativistic classical mechanics. It is satisfied if the orthogonal spacetime distance between infinitesimally separated curves or world lines is constant.

Origin of Born rigidity

The concept was introduced by Max Born in 1909.

Questions about Born rigidity

What does Born rigidity mean?
Born rigidity means a concept in special relativity that corresponds to the rigid body of nonrelativistic classical mechanics. It is satisfied if the orthogonal spacetime distance between infinitesimally separated curves or world lines is constant.
What part of speech is Born rigidity?
Born rigidity is a noun.

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