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orthochronous

orthochronous adjective: describing any Lorentz transformation or Galilean transformation which preserves the direction of time.

Adjective

orthochronous (not comparable)

  1. Describing any Lorentz transformation or Galilean transformation which preserves the direction of time

Origin of orthochronous

From ortho- + -chronous.

Questions about orthochronous

What does orthochronous mean?
Orthochronous means describing any Lorentz transformation or Galilean transformation which preserves the direction of time.
What part of speech is orthochronous?
Orthochronous is an adjective.

Words near orthochronous in the dictionary

  1. orthochromatizing
  2. orthochromatophilic
  3. orthochromatophillic
  4. orthochromite
  5. orthochromites
  6. orthochronous
  7. orthochrysotile
  8. orthochrysotiles
  9. orthoclad
  10. orthoclads
  11. orthoclase

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