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Length Contraction By Allison Schneider

Taken from: [|http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/tdil.html] The length of an object in a moving frame will appear "contracted" or foreshortened in the direction of motion. The amount of this contraction can be calculated using Lorentz Transformation. The length is maximum in the frame in which the object is at rest.

LORENTZ Transformation: This describes how, according to the theory of special relativity, two observers' varying measurements of space and time can be converted into each other's frames of reference. It reflects the surprising fact that observers moving at different velocities may measure different distances, elapsed times, and even different orderings of events.