Usually means: Time slows with increased velocity.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. time dilation: Merriam-Webster
  2. time dilation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. time dilation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. time dilation: Wiktionary
  5. time dilation: Dictionary.com
  6. Time Dilation, Time dilation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. time dilation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. time dilation: Encyclopedia

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Time Dilation: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Time Dilation: Extragalactic Astronomy
  4. time dilation: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (time dilation)

noun:  (relativity) The slowing of the passage of time experienced by objects in motion relative to an observer (measurable only at relativistic speeds), or due to being in a gravitational well.
noun:  (psychology) The perceived change in the speed of time experienced due to psychological stress, hormones, or drugs; the rate of time perception.

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