"proper time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: proper times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} proper time (plural proper times)
  1. (relativity) Time as measured by a clock following a timelike world line. Wikidata QID: Q1056595 Wikipedia link: proper time Categories (topical): Relativity, Time Translations (Translations): 固有時 /固有时 (gùyǒushí) (Chinese Mandarin), 原時 /原时 (yuánshí) (Chinese Mandarin), temps propre [masculine] (French), Eigenzeit [feminine] (German), 固有時 (koyūji) (alt: こゆうじ) (Japanese)

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