Shapiro time delay
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Irwin I. Shapiro who predicted the effect in 1964.
Noun
edit- (relativity) A time delay in the round trip travel time for radar signals passing near a massive object, caused by time dilation.
- Synonyms: Shapiro delay, Shapiro effect
Further reading
edit- Shapiro time delay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia