Physics · Glossary

What is Event, proper time?

Also known as: event · proper time

Definition 35.4 High School Physics · Chapter 35 — Special Relativity: Time Dilation

An event is a happening at one place and one instant — a tick, a flash, a decay. When a single clock is present at two events, the interval it reads between them is the proper time Δt0\Delta t_0. A frame in which that clock moves measures a generally different interval Δt\Delta t.

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