reference frame
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In the electron's reference frame, the laser intensity appeared to be about 50% of the Schwinger limit, triggering nonlinear QED phenomena.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
However, the notion of continental groupings as a meaningful reference frame for understanding human biological variation persisted.
From Scientific American • Dec. 22, 2022
Earth is often used as a reference frame, and we often describe the position of an object as it relates to stationary objects in that reference frame.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
To get the direction of the resultant, measure the angle it makes with the reference frame using a protractor.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
At the proper instant I shifted again, to the reference frame of this Galaxy itself.
From Upstarts by Dillon, Leo
