Lorentz-FitzGerald Contraction Definition

lôrənts-fĭts-jĕrld
noun
The shortening of an object along its direction of motion as its speed approaches the speed of light, as measured by an observer at rest with respect to the object.
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Noun

Singular:
Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction
Plural:
lorentz-fitzgerald-contractions

Origin of Lorentz-FitzGerald Contraction

  • After Hendrik Lorentz and George Francis FitzGerald (1851–1901), Irish physicist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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