"Lorentz factor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From its appearance in Lorentzian electrodynamics, named after Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|physicist||||}} physicist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Hendrik Lorentz}} Hendrik Lorentz, {{named-after|en|Hendrik Lorentz|nat=Dutch|nocap=1|occ=physicist|wplink=Hendrik Lorentz}} named after Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Lorentz factor (uncountable)
  1. (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-v²/c²)^(-0.5), where v and c are relative velocity and the speed of light, respectively Wikipedia link: Lorentz factor Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physics, Relativity Related terms: speed parameter Translations (Lorentz factor): Lorentzfaktor [masculine] (German), Lorentzfaktor [common-gender] (Swedish)

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