Lorentz Contraction -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Lorentz Contraction

The apparent contraction of distances relative to the distances measured in a rest frame for observers moving at constant speed v in an inertial reference frame. Distances measured in the rest frame are then measured as


in the moving frame, where is relativistic gamma and c is the speed of light.

Mass Increase, Special Relativity, Time Dilation


© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein

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