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Special Frame

Special Frame Image source: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

Classification: concept
Chapter: Relatively Speaking

In physics and philosophy a special or absolute or preferred frame is a frame of reference that is unique in some way that gives special meaning to measurements made with respect to it.




More about Special Frame

  • http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/relativity5.htm
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_frame
Spacetime
Special Relativity or SR

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