Usually means: Shortening of objects at speed.
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  1. Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction: Merriam-Webster
  2. Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction, Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction: Wiktionary
  5. Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction: Dictionary.com
  6. Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction)

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

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