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Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction

/ fɪtsˈdʒɛrəldlɔːˈrɛnts /

noun

  1. physics the contraction that a moving body exhibits when its velocity approaches that of light


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction1

C19: named after G. F. Fitzgerald (1851–1901), Irish physicist, and H. A. Lorentz

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