Lorentz factor

English

Etymology

From its appearance in Lorentzian electrodynamics, named after Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz.

Noun

Lorentz factor (uncountable)

1. (physics) a factor arising frequently 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 $(1-v^{2}/c^{2})^{-0.5}$, where v and c are relative velocity and the speed of light, respectively

Translations

Lorentz factor

• German: Lorentzfaktor m
• Swedish: Lorentzfaktor c

See also

• speed parameter