Lorentz factor
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From its appearance in Lorentzian electrodynamics, named after Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz.
=== Noun ===
Lorentz factor (uncountable)
(relativity) a factor arising 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
−
v
2
/
c
2
)
−
0.5
{\displaystyle (1-v^{2}/c^{2})^{-0.5}}
, where v and c are relative velocity and the speed of light, respectively
==== Translations ====
==== See also ====
speed parameter