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Shapiro time delay

Shapiro time delay noun: a time delay in the round trip travel time for radar signals passing near a massive object, caused by time dilation.

Noun

Shapiro time delay

  1. (relativity) A time delay in the round trip travel time for radar signals passing near a massive object, caused by time dilation.

Synonyms of Shapiro time delay

Origin of Shapiro time delay

Named after Irwin I. Shapiro who predicted the effect in 1964.

Questions about Shapiro time delay

What does Shapiro time delay mean?
Shapiro time delay means a time delay in the round trip travel time for radar signals passing near a massive object, caused by time dilation.
What part of speech is Shapiro time delay?
Shapiro time delay is a noun.

Words near Shapiro time delay in the dictionary

  1. shapings
  2. Shapiro
  3. Shapiro delay
  4. Shapiro effect
  5. Shapiro syndrome
  6. Shapiro time delay
  7. Shapiros
  8. shapka
  9. shapkas
  10. Shapleigh
  11. Shapley

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