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Thomas precession

relativistic correction that relates the angular velocity of the spin of a particle following a curvilinear orbit to the angular velocity of the orbital motion
Class type of: physical phenomenon Q1760062

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Subclass of
physical phenomenon[2]
Named after
Llewellyn Thomas[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas precession ar مبادرة توماس de Thomas-Faktor de Thomas-Präzession fr Precession de Thomas fr Précession de Thomas it precessione di Thomas ja トーマス歳差 ro precesie Thomas ru Прецессия Томаса uk Прецесія Томаса zh 湯馬斯進動 zh-hans 汤马斯进动
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
125659569

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Llewellyn Thomas
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