Definition of length contraction

1) the
idea that the length of an object is measured to be shorter when it
is moving than when it is at rest.  A consequence of relativity.

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  1. Coefficient of lineal thermal expansion
  2. coherence length
  3. Lanthanide Contraction
  4. coma
  5. Agonist
  6. drift region
  7. Coefficient of expansion
  8. surface tension
  9. Beer's Law (Beer-Lambert law)

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