TIME DILATION
- February 27, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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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.