ローレンツ短たん縮しゅく

noun

Lorentz contraction; length contraction

Physics term for the relativistic shortening of an object's length along the direction of motion. Often used interchangeably with ローレンツ収縮.

See also: ローレンツ収縮

• ローレンツ短たん縮しゅくは特とく殊しゅ相そう対たい性せい理り論ろんの重じゅう要ような現げん象しょうです。

  Lorentz contraction is an important phenomenon in special relativity.

• 光こう速そくに近ちかい速そく度どでは、物ぶっ体たいの長ながさがローレンツ短たん縮しゅくによって縮ちぢむ。

  At speeds close to the speed of light, an object's length contracts due to Lorentz contraction.