FitzGerald contraction
(亦作FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction)
noun
- Physicis the shortening of a moving body in the direction of its motion, especially at speeds close to that of light【物理】斐兹杰拉德(-洛仑兹)收缩。
词源
named after George. F. Fitzgerald (1851-1901), Irish physicist, and H. A. L ORENTZ, who independently postulated the theory in 1892.