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FitzGerald contraction

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noun

Physics.
  1. the hypothesis that a moving body exhibits a contraction in the direction of motion when its velocity is close to the speed of light.


Etymology

Origin of FitzGerald contraction

First recorded in 1915–20; named after G. F. FitzGerald

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