time dilation

English

Alternative forms

• time dilatation (rare)

Noun

time dilation (countable and uncountable, plural time dilations)

1. (physics) The slowing of the passage of time experienced by objects in motion relative to an observer; measurable only at relativistic speeds.
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
• 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
• special relativity

Anagrams

• delimitation