FitzGerald contraction
noun
Fitz·Ger·ald contraction
(ˈ)fits¦jerəld-
: a longitudinal contraction that according to relativity theory every moving body is believed to undergo in the dimension parallel to the direction of motion
Word History
Etymology
after George F. FitzGerald †1901 Irish physicist
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