Usually means: Length shortening in moving objects.
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  1. Lorentz contraction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  3. Lorentz contraction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Lorentz contraction: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  Synonym of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction

Similar:
Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction, length contraction, Lorentz transformation, Lorentz factor, Lorentz group, Lorentz symmetry, Lorentz invariant, Lorentz force, Lorenz gauge, Feynman-Smoluchowski ratchet, more...

Opposite:
dilation, expansion

Phrases:
lorentz fitzgerald contraction, fitzgerald lorentz contraction, more...

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Similar:
Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction, length contraction, Lorentz transformation, Lorentz factor, Lorentz group, Lorentz symmetry, Lorentz invariant, Lorentz force, Lorenz gauge, Feynman-Smoluchowski ratchet, more...

Opposite:
dilation, expansion

Phrases:
lorentz fitzgerald contraction, fitzgerald lorentz contraction, more...



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