What Alternative Term Can Replace Non-Proper Length in Relativistic Terminology?

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if for non-proper time interval we can use coordinate time interval what could we use instead of non-proper length.
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"Contracted Length" is often used in SR for a length measured by an observer in relative motion to whatever is being measured.
 
Hawkins uses "space-like" dimensions to describe early time dimenstions--at the initial big bang stage.
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