Relative length

  • 1Length contraction — Length contraction, according to Hendrik Lorentz, is the physical phenomenon of a decrease in length detected by an observer in objects that travel at any non zero velocity relative to that observer. This contraction (more formally called Lorentz …

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  • 2Relative Strength Index — The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a technical indicator used in the technical analysis of financial markets. It is intended to chart the current and historical strength or weakness of a stock or market based on the closing prices of a recent… …

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  • 3relative aperture — Optics. the ratio of the diameter of a lens, esp. a camera lens, to the focal length; the reciprocal of the f number or focal ratio of the lens. * * * ▪ optics       the measure of the light gathering power of an optical system. It is expressed… …

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  • 4relative aperture — noun : a measure of the angle of the cone of light rays from an object that traverse an optical system; specifically : the effective aperture of a camera lens expressed as a fraction of its focal length with the symbol f being used instead of 1… …

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  • 5Relative Ways — Infobox Album | Name = Relative Ways Type = EP Artist = ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Released = November 6, 2001 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = 15:03 Label = Interscope Records Producer = Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5… …

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  • 6length — [[t]lɛŋkθ, lɛŋθ, lɛnθ[/t]] n. 1) the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river[/ex] 2) wam the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure 3) extent from beginning to end of a series,… …

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  • 7length — noun (plural lengths) Etymology: Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengthu, from lang long Date: before 12th century 1. a. the longer or longest dimension of an object b. a measured distance or dimension < 10 feet in length > see metric&#8230; …

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  • 8length — [OE] Length was coined in the prehistoric Germanic period from the adjective *langgaz (source of English long) and the abstract noun suffix * ithō. The resultant *langgithō has subsequently diversified to Dutch lengte, Swedish längd, Danish&#8230; …

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  • 9length — [OE] Length was coined in the prehistoric Germanic period from the adjective *langgaz (source of English long) and the abstract noun suffix * ithō. The resultant *langgithō has subsequently diversified to Dutch lengte, Swedish längd, Danish&#8230; …

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  • 10relative weight — a body condition index; from the measured weight of an individual fish (times 100) divided by a standard weight for the species at that length. Standard weight is the 75th percentile of the weights of a given species within specified length&#8230; …

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