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The Lorentz Transformation
Source of package openstax.relativity · OpenStax University Physics, ch. 5 Relativity, module m58568
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<term>event</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1167793561614">occurrence in space and time specified by its position and time coordinates (<emphasis effect="italics">x</emphasis>, <emphasis effect="italics">y</emphasis>, <emphasis effect="italics">z</emphasis>, <emphasis effect="italics">t</emphasis>) measured relative to a frame of reference</meaning>
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<term>Galilean transformation</term>
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<term>Lorentz transformation</term>
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</definition>Referencing norms: LorentzTransformationOfPosition, LorentzTransformationOfTime
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