English Explanatory Dictionary

Lorentz transformation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A transformation relating the spacetime coordinates of one frame of reference to another in special relativity.

Word forms

Lorentz transformation Lorentz transformations

Etymology

Named after the Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853–1928).

Related words

Lorentz factor orthochronous
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