length contraction

the contraction of length in the direction of propagation in special relativity
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length contraction

Summary

length contraction is a physical phenomenon[1]. It draws 347 Wikipedia views per month (physical_phenomenon category, ranking #26 of 138).[2]

Key Facts

  • length contraction is credited with the discovery of Hendrik Lorentz[3].
  • length contraction is credited with the discovery of George FitzGerald[4].
  • length contraction's instance of is recorded as physical phenomenon[5].
  • length contraction's instance of is recorded as physical theory[6].
  • length contraction's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1889-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • length contraction's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1892-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • length contraction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xvq1[9].
  • length contraction's PSH ID is recorded as 3171[10].
  • length contraction's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Lorentz-FitzGerald-contraction[11].
  • length contraction's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].
  • length contraction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 122679697[13].
  • length contraction's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Lorentz-Fitzgerald_Contraction[14].
  • length contraction's Lex ID is recorded as længdeforkortelse[15].
  • length contraction's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C122679697[16].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Hendrik Lorentz[3], a theoretical physicist[17], 1853–1928[18], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[19], awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics[20], specialised in theoretical physics[21] and George FitzGerald[4], a physicist[22], 1851–1901[23], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[24], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[25], specialised in physics[26].

Why It Matters

length contraction draws 347 Wikipedia views per month (physical_phenomenon category, ranking #26 of 138).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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