Length contraction is the phenomenon that a moving object's length is measured to be shorter than its proper length, which is the length as measured in...

disagree on the length of time between two events (because of time dilation) or the distance between the two events (because of length contraction). Special...

without changes in muscle length, such as when holding something heavy in the same position. The termination of muscle contraction is followed by muscle relaxation...

found in the FitzGerald–Lorentz contraction hypothesis, now simply called length contraction or Lorentz contraction, first proposed by George FitzGerald...

to the same Lorentz contraction, so the entire assembly seems to be equally contracted in the S frame with respect to the length at the start. At first...

time measured between two events by observers in motions differ, § length contraction, distances between two events by observers in motions differ, the...

can show the geometry underlying phenomena like time dilation and length contraction without mathematical equations. The history of an object's location...

isotonic contraction, tension remains the same, whilst the muscle's length changes. Isotonic contractions differ from isokinetic contractions in that in...

Lorentz length contraction. The ladder is imagined passing through the open front and rear doors of a garage or barn which is shorter than its rest length, so...

21 February 1901) was an Irish physicist known for hypothesising length contraction, which became an integral part of Albert Einstein's special theory...

relativity of simultaneity, kinematic and gravitational time dilation, and length contraction. In the field of physics, relativity improved the science of elementary...

complete aether drag, Lorentz theorized (1892) that objects undergo "length contraction" by a factor of 1 − v 2 / c 2 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {1-v^{2}/c^{2}}}}...

their position. The resulting length is shorter than the rest length, and is given by the formula for length contraction (with γ being the Lorentz factor):...

line of motion with respect to the aether (length contraction). That is, the older hypothesis of a contraction of electrostatic fields was extended to intermolecular...

maximal possible contraction. During tetanic contractions, muscles can shorten, lengthen or remain constant length. Tetanic contraction is usually normal...

the Earth and the star system is α d = 0.6 × 4 = 2.4 light years (length contraction), for both the outward and return journeys. Each half of the journey...

Michelson–Morley experiment led to the introduction of the hypothesis of length contraction in 1892. However, other experiments also produced negative results...

motion by instruments at rest in the same frame. Consequently, also length contraction cannot be measured by co-moving observers. See also Tests of special...

have certain characters age slower than the rest of the universe. Length contraction Mass in special relativity Average time dilation has a weak dependence...

explained by length contraction alone, the negative result of the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment requires time dilation in addition to length contraction to explain...

Braxton Hicks contractions, also known as practice contractions or false labor, are sporadic uterine contractions that may start around six weeks into...

and leading to new ones. 1889 – George FitzGerald conjectures the length contraction to explain the Michelson–Morley experiment. 1892 – Hendrik Lorentz...

of energy articles Index of wave articles Lorentz transformation Length contraction Outline of energy Relativity of simultaneity They can also have a...

proposed that moving bodies contract in the direction of motion (see length contraction; George FitzGerald had already arrived at this conclusion in 1889)...

Length contraction Suppose there is a rod at rest in F aligned along the x axis, with length Δx. In F′, the rod moves with velocity -v, so its length...

The transformation equations can be derived from time dilation and length contraction, which in turn can be derived from first principles. With O and O′...

whose material constitution Lorentz did not speculate), physical length contraction, and a "local time" in which Maxwell's equations retain their form...

and DeWitt Bristol Brace (1902, 1904) were aimed to show whether length contraction leads to birefringence or not. They were some of the first optical...

individual components in Euclidean space and time might differ due to length contraction and time dilation, in Minkowski spacetime, all frames of reference...

implications. These include the equivalence of mass and energy (E = mc2), length contraction (moving objects shorten), Terrell rotation (apparent rotation), and...