Meanings
nounBorn rigidity (uncountable)
- uncountablequantum mechanicsA concept in special relativity that corresponds to the rigid body of nonrelativistic classical mechanics. It is satisfied if the orthogonal spacetime distance between infinitesimally separated curves or world lines is constant.
Origin
The concept was introduced by Max Born in 1909.
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