See Also: Lorentz Gas(medicine)
Lorentz(dictionary)
Lorentz Force(medicine)
lorentz ionisation(medicine)
Lorentz (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Lorentz transformations(encyclopedia)
Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon(encyclopedia)
Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction(encyclopedia)
Lorentz National Park(tourism)

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Lorentz noun. E20.
[H. A. Lorentz (1853-1928), Dutch physicist.]
Physics. Used attrib. to designate various concepts and phenomena described by Lorentz or arising from his work.
Lorentz-covariant adjective covariant under a Lorentz transformation. Lorentz contraction, Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction = FITZGERALD contraction. Lorentz force: exerted on a charged particle by a magnetic field through which it is moving. Lorentz-invariant adjective invariant under a Lorentz transformation. Lorentz transformation the set of equations which in the special theory of relativity relate the space and time coordinates of one frame of reference to those of another moving rectilinearly with respect to it. Lorentz triplet a group of three spectral lines produced by the Zeeman effect.
Lorentzian adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to Lorentz or his theories, or the concepts arising out of his work; spec. designating (the graph of) a function having the same form as the expression, in classical radiation theory, for the intensity of a spectral emission line in terms of frequency; (b) noun a Lorentzian curve or function: M20.