TIME DILATION

TIME DILATION

TOPIC: Science & Tech

Context- In a feat of measurement science, physicists, publishing in Nature, have shown that two tiny atomic clocks placed a millimeter away from each other tick at different rates.

Concept-

About Time Dilation:

• Time dilation is a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein
• It refers to the stretching of time intervals when moving at high speeds or passing near intense gravitational fields.
• Time dilation is the difference in the elapsed time as measured by two clocks.
• It is either due to a relative velocity between them or to a difference in gravitational potential between their locations.
• These can be used for the predictions of the theory of relativity.