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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: proper time
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Definition: time indicated by a clock

Note 1 to entry: See also "time".

Note 2 to entry: In order to compare the value of a proper date given in frame S where the clock is in rest, with the date in another frame S′, frames S, S′ must be synchronized.

Note 3 to entry: This definition is valid also in non-inertial frames.

Note 4 to entry: The coherent SI unit of proper time is second, s.


Publication date:2022-06
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