time dilation

English

Alternative forms

• time dilatation (rare)

Noun

time dilation (countable and uncountable, plural time dilations)

1. (relativity) The slowing of the passage of time experienced by objects in motion relative to an observer (measurable only at relativistic speeds), or due to being in a gravitational well.
2. (psychology) The perceived change in the speed of time experienced due to psychological stress, hormones, or drugs; the rate of time perception.

Translations

slowing of the passage of time at relativistic speeds

• Catalan: dilatació del temps f
• Danish: tidsforlængelse c
• Finnish: aikadilataatio (fi)
• French: dilatation du temps f
• German: Zeitdilatation (de) f
• Hindi: काल वृद्धि (kāl vŕddhi)
• Irish: iarmhairt amleata f
• Japanese: 浦島効果 (Urashima kōka), 時間の遅れ (jikan no okure)
• Korean: 시간 팽창(時間 膨脹)
• Polish: dylatacja czasu f
• Spanish: dilatación del tiempo f
• Swedish: tidsdilatation (sv)
• Ukrainian: уповільнення часу n (upovilʹnennja času)
• Vietnamese: thời gian giãn nở

See also

• kappa effect
• Lorentz factor
• slowing-down time
• special relativity

Anagrams

• delimitation