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suryanarayan
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Can someone give me the correct definition of time dilation(or explain it in such a way that it can be used to tackle any problem)??
What i believe now is
"a moving clock ticks more slowly than a clock at rest"..but according to me this is inadequate because there can be two situations from this definition..
1) two observers look at the same clock ,one observer is at rest with respect to clock while the other is in relative motion..here the time as measured by the moving observer will be dilated.
2)a single observer looks at two clocks ,one with him and other moving relative to him...here time shown by the moving clock is dilated according to the observer or is it??
please help..
thanks
What i believe now is
"a moving clock ticks more slowly than a clock at rest"..but according to me this is inadequate because there can be two situations from this definition..
1) two observers look at the same clock ,one observer is at rest with respect to clock while the other is in relative motion..here the time as measured by the moving observer will be dilated.
2)a single observer looks at two clocks ,one with him and other moving relative to him...here time shown by the moving clock is dilated according to the observer or is it??
please help..
thanks