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▸ noun: (physics) A relativistic paradox concerning the concept of Born rigidity within special relativity, where an ideally rigid cylinder that is made to rotate about its axis of symmetry. The radius R as seen in the laboratory frame is always perpendicular to its motion and should therefore be equal to its value R₀ when stationary. However, the circumference should appear Lorentz-contracted to a smaller value than at rest. This leads to the contradiction that R = R₀ and R < R₀.
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▸ noun: (physics) A relativistic paradox concerning the concept of Born rigidity within special relativity, where an ideally rigid cylinder that is made to rotate about its axis of symmetry. The radius R as seen in the laboratory frame is always perpendicular to its motion and should therefore be equal to its value R₀ when stationary. However, the circumference should appear Lorentz-contracted to a smaller value than at rest. This leads to the contradiction that R = R₀ and R < R₀.
Similar:
Ehrenfest theorem,
Klein paradox,
Ehrenfest model,
Lorentz factor,
Supplee's paradox,
Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction,
Lorentz symmetry,
Ehrenfest equation,
length contraction,
Einstein–de Haas effect,
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