Lorentz factor
Noun
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Noun
Lorentz factor (plural Lorentz factors)
- (physics) a factor arising frequently in special relativity, to calculate the degree of time dilation, length contraction and relativistic mass of an object moving relative to an observer, defined as (1-v^2/c^2)^{-0.5}, where v and c are relative velocity and the speed of light, respectively
- German: Lorentzfaktor
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