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Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions

Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions is the plural of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction.

Meaning of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction

Noun

Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction (plural Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions)

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

Questions about Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions

What is Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions the plural of?
Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions is the plural of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction.

Words near Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions in the dictionary

  1. Lorentz invariants
  2. Lorentz symmetry
  3. Lorentz transformation
  4. Lorentz transformations
  5. Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction
  6. Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions
  7. lorentzian
  8. Lorenz
  9. Lorenz attractor
  10. Lorenz attractors
  11. Lorenz curve

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