Length contraction
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title:
Length contraction
text:
Length contraction is the phenomenon that a moving object's length is measured to be shorter than its proper length, which is the length as measured in the object's own rest frame. It is also known as Lorentz contraction or Lorentz–FitzGerald contraction and is usually only noticeable at a substantial fraction of the speed of light. Length contraction is only in the direction in which the body is travelling. For standard objects, this effect is negligible at everyday speeds, and can be ignored f
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Contraction of length in the direction of propagation in Minkowski space
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length_contraction
date created:
2003-10-11T23:31:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:26:41Z
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