English Explanatory Dictionary

Terrell rotation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The visual distortion (resembling a rotation) that a passing object travelling at a significant fraction of the speed of light exhibits.

Word forms

Terrell rotation Terrell rotations
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