Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction

/ (fɪtsˈdʒɛrəldlɔːˈrɛnts) /

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

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Word Origin for Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction

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

Words nearby Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction

fit up, Fitzgerald, FitzGerald contraction, Fitzgerald, Ella, Fitzgerald, F. Scott, Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction, Fitzhugh, Fitzpatrick, Fitzrovia, Fitzroy, Fitzsimmons

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How to use Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction in a sentence

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Lorentz is not afraid to explore the best and the worst in her protagonists.
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“A lot of extremity you see in YA is merely attempting to capture the intensity” of being a teen, Lorentz says.
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It was obvious in the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the emblematic writer of his age: money.
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In fact, incredibly faster, after his once-a-century contraction of short years before.
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I take iowell (with a bar through the ll) to be the usual (Northern) contraction for Iowellis, jewels; F. text, joiau, pl.
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The nick-name of Gigonnet was applied to Bidault on account of a feverish, involuntary contraction of a leg muscle.
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Edward Fitzgerald, who may be supposed to have been tolerably impartial, declared that he pitied his sad state.
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