TIME DILATION


Meaning of TIME DILATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1934

: a slowing of time in accordance with the theory of relativity that occurs in a system in motion relative to an outside observer and that becomes apparent especially as the speed of the system approaches that of light — called also time dilatation

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