born rigidity

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What does born rigidity mean?

A 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.

Where does born rigidity come from?

The concept was introduced by Max Born in 1909.

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