Born rigidity

English

Etymology

The concept was introduced by Max Born in 1909.

Noun

Born rigidity (uncountable)

  1. (quantum mechanics) A concept in special relativity that corresponds to the rigid body of nonrelativistic classical mechanics. It is satisfied if the orthogonal spacetime distance between infinitesimally separated curves or world lines is constant.
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